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Name: R J THAXTER
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Macaw
Date of death: 1945-07-05
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: North of Milborne, Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HOVE NEW CEMETERY - Sussex
Commemoration details: Block 2, Grave 1164
Family details: Son of Alfred Charles and Norah Kathleen Thaxter, of Hove
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Macaw
Date of death: 1945-07-05
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: North of Milborne, Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HOVE NEW CEMETERY - Sussex
Commemoration details: Block 2, Grave 1164
Family details: Son of Alfred Charles and Norah Kathleen Thaxter, of Hove
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