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E HILL — Fleet Air Arm

1944-10-17 · Nicobar, Bay of Bengal · Singapore

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Name: E HILL
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1944-10-17
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Nicobar, Bay of Bengal
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 27, Row C, Grave 9 - Special Memorial
Family details: Son of Charles Richard and Lillie Hill, of Orrell, Lancashire

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