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Name: R S WILSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 891 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1945-08-02
Aircraft: Hellcat I JV174
Place of death: Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST. CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY, County Londonderry
Commemoration details: Grave 19
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs M Wilson, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 891 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1945-08-02
Aircraft: Hellcat I JV174
Place of death: Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST. CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY, County Londonderry
Commemoration details: Grave 19
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs M Wilson, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
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