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Name: C J MACWHIRTER
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: 68285
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: SANF(V)
Squadron: 851 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shah
Date of death: 1944-04-14
Aircraft: Avenger lc
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL - Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 92, Column 1
Family details: Son of Samuel and Elizabeth MacWhirter. Native of Pretoria, South Africa
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: 68285
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: SANF(V)
Squadron: 851 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shah
Date of death: 1944-04-14
Aircraft: Avenger lc
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL - Devon
Commemoration details: Panel 92, Column 1
Family details: Son of Samuel and Elizabeth MacWhirter. Native of Pretoria, South Africa
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