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Name: R WILDING
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-03-16
Aircraft: Swordfish DK 691, coded 'F'
Place of death: At sea, approx 55 degrees 31' N; 60 degrees 25' W
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Robert T and Mary I Wilding of Blackburn, Lancashire
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-03-16
Aircraft: Swordfish DK 691, coded 'F'
Place of death: At sea, approx 55 degrees 31' N; 60 degrees 25' W
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Robert T and Mary I Wilding of Blackburn, Lancashire
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