The story
Name: R A JACOBS
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: O/36075
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RCNVR
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merganser, Rattray Head / Crimmond
Date of death: 1946-02-08
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: ST. FERGUS OLD CHURCHYARD, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section C, Grave 52
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: O/36075
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RCNVR
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merganser, Rattray Head / Crimmond
Date of death: 1946-02-08
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: ST. FERGUS OLD CHURCHYARD, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section C, Grave 52
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