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Name: D J HANSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 838 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II NE 923, coded 'G'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Son of James and Florence Minnie Hanson of Olney, Buckinghamshire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 838 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II NE 923, coded 'G'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Son of James and Florence Minnie Hanson of Olney, Buckinghamshire
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