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Name: P H NELSON
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 112927
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ringtail, Burscough
Date of death: 1944-11-17
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 337
Place of death: Inskip, Preston, Lancashire.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Section V 4, Grave 8933
Family details: Son of William Stanley and Gladys Louie Nelson, of Beckenham
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 112927
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ringtail, Burscough
Date of death: 1944-11-17
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 337
Place of death: Inskip, Preston, Lancashire.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: BECKENHAM CREMATORIUM AND CEMETERY - Kent
Commemoration details: Section V 4, Grave 8933
Family details: Son of William Stanley and Gladys Louie Nelson, of Beckenham
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