The story
Name: R J CORK
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 1830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1944-04-14
Aircraft: Corsair II JT 347
Place of death: China Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 9
Family details: Son of Harold James Cork and Ethel Mary Cork, of Burnham, Buckinghamshire
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 1830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1944-04-14
Aircraft: Corsair II JT 347
Place of death: China Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 9
Family details: Son of Harold James Cork and Ethel Mary Cork, of Burnham, Buckinghamshire
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