The story
Name: W H C MANSON
Rank: Captain
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: Royal Marines
Squadron: 883 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1942-04-09
Aircraft: Hurricane Z 4646
Place of death: Near Aberdeen, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LONGSIDE CEMETERY, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Grave 81
Family details: Son of Frederick Percy and Phoebe Margaret Manson, of Boxford, Suffolk.
Rank: Captain
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: Royal Marines
Squadron: 883 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1942-04-09
Aircraft: Hurricane Z 4646
Place of death: Near Aberdeen, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LONGSIDE CEMETERY, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Grave 81
Family details: Son of Frederick Percy and Phoebe Margaret Manson, of Boxford, Suffolk.
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