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Name: R D McCABE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-05-25
Aircraft: Barracuda II LS 630
Place of death: At sea, off Budden Barn, Barry, Angus, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY, Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 9
Family details: Son of Charles Stevenson McCabe, and of Ethel McCabe (nee Morris), of Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-05-25
Aircraft: Barracuda II LS 630
Place of death: At sea, off Budden Barn, Barry, Angus, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY, Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 9
Family details: Son of Charles Stevenson McCabe, and of Ethel McCabe (nee Morris), of Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand.
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