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Name: D DRANE
Rank: P/Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-08-16
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4079
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: PAISLEY (HAWKHEAD) CEMETERY - Renfrewshire, Scotland. Name on Memorial Plaque at Earlsdon, Coventry
Commemoration details: Section M, Grave 687
Family details: Son of Edward J Drane and Grace E Drane, of Ilford, Essex
Rank: P/Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-08-16
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4079
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: PAISLEY (HAWKHEAD) CEMETERY - Renfrewshire, Scotland. Name on Memorial Plaque at Earlsdon, Coventry
Commemoration details: Section M, Grave 687
Family details: Son of Edward J Drane and Grace E Drane, of Ilford, Essex
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