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H COCKBURN — Fleet Air Arm

1944-10-16 · ? · United Kingdom

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Name: H COCKBURN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1840 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1944-10-16
Aircraft: Hellcat
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LOCHWINNOCH CEMETERY - Renfrewshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section 7, Grave 4
Family details: Son of John and Andrewina Cockburn, of Lochwinnoch

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