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Name: G STRACHAN
Rank: Acting Leading Photographer (A)
Official number: FAA/MX 93124
Role: Photographer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-07-20
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 937
Place of death: Fife Ness Beach, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GLASGOW EASTERN NECROPOLIS, Glasgow, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compartment 16, Grave 9355
Family details: Son of George Strachan, and of Margaret Strachan (nee Paton); husband of Jeanie Strachan (nee Bruce), of Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. Native of Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Rank: Acting Leading Photographer (A)
Official number: FAA/MX 93124
Role: Photographer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-07-20
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 937
Place of death: Fife Ness Beach, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GLASGOW EASTERN NECROPOLIS, Glasgow, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compartment 16, Grave 9355
Family details: Son of George Strachan, and of Margaret Strachan (nee Paton); husband of Jeanie Strachan (nee Bruce), of Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland. Native of Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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