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Name: B L ROWNTREE
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87018
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 833 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Activity
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II NE 923, coded 'G'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section S, C of E, Joint grave 5776
Family details: Son of Sydney Braithwaite Rowntree and Lillie Rowntree, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. Native of Middlesborough
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87018
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 833 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Activity
Date of death: 1944-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish II NE 923, coded 'G'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MANCHESTER SOUTHERN CEMETERY - Lancashire
Commemoration details: Section S, C of E, Joint grave 5776
Family details: Son of Sydney Braithwaite Rowntree and Lillie Rowntree, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. Native of Middlesborough
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