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Name: J J HITCH
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 841 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1944-05-26
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 871
Place of death: Nigg Bay, Moray Firth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND) - Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 293
Family details: Son of Harry Sinclair Hitch and Charlotte Annie Hitch, of Badgeworth, Gloucestershire; nephew of Mrs L Organ, of Upper Hatherley, Gloucestershire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 841 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1944-05-26
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 871
Place of death: Nigg Bay, Moray Firth
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND) - Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 293
Family details: Son of Harry Sinclair Hitch and Charlotte Annie Hitch, of Badgeworth, Gloucestershire; nephew of Mrs L Organ, of Upper Hatherley, Gloucestershire
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