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Name: D A BAPTIE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glasgow
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Walrus L 2295
Place of death: RAF Clampalnivu
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Grave 21
Family details: Son of David and Bessie Linklater Baptie, of Edgware, Middlesex
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glasgow
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Walrus L 2295
Place of death: RAF Clampalnivu
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Grave 21
Family details: Son of David and Bessie Linklater Baptie, of Edgware, Middlesex
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