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Name: B E COOMBS
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hermes
Date of death: 1939-12-16
Aircraft: Swordfish Coded 'H3G'
Place of death: Off Dakar
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DAKAR (BEL-AIR) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Section 16, Row 7, Grave 19
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Hermes
Date of death: 1939-12-16
Aircraft: Swordfish Coded 'H3G'
Place of death: Off Dakar
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DAKAR (BEL-AIR) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Section 16, Row 7, Grave 19
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