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L A MAITLAND — Fleet Air Arm

1945-08-10 · Near Sendai, North Honshu, Japan · Japan

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Name: L A MAITLAND
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1841 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1945-08-10
Aircraft: Firefly F.I
Place of death: Near Sendai, North Honshu, Japan
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YOKOHAMA WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: British Section R, Row A, Grave 6
Family details: Son of Frank and Winifred T Maitland, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

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