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R L VOYSEY — Fleet Air Arm

1945-11-07 · At sea, off Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland · United Kingdom

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Name: R L VOYSEY
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 794 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1945-11-07
Aircraft: Corsair IV KD796
Place of death: At sea, off Magilligan Point, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Faughanvale (St. Canice) Church Of Ireland Churchy, County Londonderry, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 21
Family details: Son of Walter Alexander Voysey and of Gladys Kathleen Voysey (nee McCabe), of Thames, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Hawera, New Zealand

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