The story
Name: L R JACOBSEN
Rank: Flying Officer
Official number: 41423
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 263 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-06-08
Aircraft: Gladiator
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of Norman Reginald and Ethelreda Regina Jacobsen, of Karaka Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.
Rank: Flying Officer
Official number: 41423
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 263 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glorious
Date of death: 1940-06-08
Aircraft: Gladiator
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of Norman Reginald and Ethelreda Regina Jacobsen, of Karaka Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.
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