The story
Name: J P CANSFIELD
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1945-04-20
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: Machrihanish
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY - Durham
Commemoration details: Section R, Grave 9649
Family details: Son of James and Lydia Jane Cansfield, of South Shields
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1945-04-20
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: Machrihanish
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SOUTH SHIELDS (HARTON) CEMETERY - Durham
Commemoration details: Section R, Grave 9649
Family details: Son of James and Lydia Jane Cansfield, of South Shields
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