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Name: G H ERVIN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 829 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1942-05-06
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 788, coded '2A'
Place of death: Antsirane, Madagascar
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row H, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Walter Kennedy and Maude Jane Ervin of Belfast, Northern Ireland
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 829 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1942-05-06
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 788, coded '2A'
Place of death: Antsirane, Madagascar
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row H, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Walter Kennedy and Maude Jane Ervin of Belfast, Northern Ireland
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