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Name: G DIXON
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 153666
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 822 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1942-11-08
Aircraft: Albacore BF 665
Place of death: La Senia, off Oran, North Africa
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Gordon and Agnes Dixon, of Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 153666
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 822 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1942-11-08
Aircraft: Albacore BF 665
Place of death: La Senia, off Oran, North Africa
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Gordon and Agnes Dixon, of Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire
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