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W S O'BRYEN — Fleet Air Arm

1942-11-26 · ? · United Kingdom

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Name: W S O'BRYEN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: [67115]
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 762 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1942-11-26
Aircraft: Martlet
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON CHURCHYARD R.N.A.S. EXTENSION - Somerset
Commemoration details: Row B, Grave 2
Family details: Son of John Gibson Patrick and Ivy Charlotte O'Bryen, of Fynnland, Natal, South Africa

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