The story
Name: R A CRANWELL
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 804 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Emperor
Date of death: 1944-05-08
Aircraft: Hellcat I JV 140
Place of death: At sea, off Norway
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of Arthur Henry and Annie Cranwell, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 804 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Emperor
Date of death: 1944-05-08
Aircraft: Hellcat I JV 140
Place of death: At sea, off Norway
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of Arthur Henry and Annie Cranwell, of Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand.
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