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Name: J S HORNBY
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 718 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Corncrake, Ballyherbert
Date of death: 1945-10-10
Aircraft: Seafire III NN 631
Place of death: Co Down, Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Ballyhalbert (St. Andrew) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, County Down, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 5
Family details: Son of Priscilla Muriel Hornby (nee Addenbrooke), and stepson of Allan Noble Campbell, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 718 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Corncrake, Ballyherbert
Date of death: 1945-10-10
Aircraft: Seafire III NN 631
Place of death: Co Down, Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Ballyhalbert (St. Andrew) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, County Down, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 5
Family details: Son of Priscilla Muriel Hornby (nee Addenbrooke), and stepson of Allan Noble Campbell, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand
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