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Name: D K CULPAN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 775 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1944-11-24
Aircraft: Defiant TTI AA 657
Place of death: North-East of Haifa airfield, Palestine
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 4, Row B, Grave 11
Family details: Son of Arthur Frederick and Fanny Frances Culpan. Native of Auckland, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 775 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1944-11-24
Aircraft: Defiant TTI AA 657
Place of death: North-East of Haifa airfield, Palestine
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BEIRUT WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 4, Row B, Grave 11
Family details: Son of Arthur Frederick and Fanny Frances Culpan. Native of Auckland, New Zealand
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