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Name: W J CLINTON
Rank: Temp Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: JX 143258
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5984, coded 'H'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RUISLIP (ST MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION - Middlesex
Family details: Native of Devonport, Devon
Rank: Temp Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: JX 143258
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-02-12
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5984, coded 'H'
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RUISLIP (ST MARTIN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION - Middlesex
Family details: Native of Devonport, Devon
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