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Name: R A COLBECK
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 886 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ringtail, Burscough
Date of death: 1943-11-11
Aircraft: Seafire LIIc LR 693
Place of death: Lancashire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK, Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section E, Grave 2566
Family details: Son of Wilfred Howard Buckley Colbeck and of Mary Winifred Colbeck (nee Clarke), of Puru, Auckland, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 886 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ringtail, Burscough
Date of death: 1943-11-11
Aircraft: Seafire LIIc LR 693
Place of death: Lancashire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK, Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section E, Grave 2566
Family details: Son of Wilfred Howard Buckley Colbeck and of Mary Winifred Colbeck (nee Clarke), of Puru, Auckland, New Zealand
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