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Name: W C BROADBURN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-11-05
Aircraft: Albacore N 4357
Place of death: Firth of Forth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 30
Family details: Son of William Claude and Mary Florence Broadburn; husband of Frances Margaret Broadburn, of Nottingham
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-11-05
Aircraft: Albacore N 4357
Place of death: Firth of Forth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 30
Family details: Son of William Claude and Mary Florence Broadburn; husband of Frances Margaret Broadburn, of Nottingham
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