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Name: A F ORCHARD
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot - Passenger
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 878 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-01-05
Aircraft: Stinson-Reliant FK 914
Place of death: Knockabone, Sperrin Mountains, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY - County Londonderry, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 9
Family details: Son of Flt Lieut Frederick William Orchard, R.A.F., and Eva Orchard, of Forest Row, Sussex
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot - Passenger
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 878 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-01-05
Aircraft: Stinson-Reliant FK 914
Place of death: Knockabone, Sperrin Mountains, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY - County Londonderry, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 9
Family details: Son of Flt Lieut Frederick William Orchard, R.A.F., and Eva Orchard, of Forest Row, Sussex
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