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Name: A S GILBERT
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 756 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1942-05-16
Aircraft: Proctor II BV 565
Place of death: Near Abbotsbury Old Coastguard Station, Weymouth, Dorset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KINGSBURY (ST ANDREW) CHURCHYARD - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Section C Extn, Grave 214
Family details: Son of Harry Lionel and Ada May Gilbert, of Kingsbury
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 756 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1942-05-16
Aircraft: Proctor II BV 565
Place of death: Near Abbotsbury Old Coastguard Station, Weymouth, Dorset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KINGSBURY (ST ANDREW) CHURCHYARD - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Section C Extn, Grave 214
Family details: Son of Harry Lionel and Ada May Gilbert, of Kingsbury
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