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Name: G BREWIS
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-07-23
Aircraft: Albacore L 7098
Place of death: At sea, off Elie Ness, Firth of Forth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 27
Family details: Son of William and Hannah Brewis, of Benton, Northumberland
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1942-07-23
Aircraft: Albacore L 7098
Place of death: At sea, off Elie Ness, Firth of Forth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 27
Family details: Son of William and Hannah Brewis, of Benton, Northumberland
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