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Name: R L PARKINSON
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5985, coded 'K'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Sir John Parkinson M.D. FRCP and Lady Parkinson of Marylebone, London
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5985, coded 'K'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Sir John Parkinson M.D. FRCP and Lady Parkinson of Marylebone, London
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