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Name: J H FAIRCLOUGH
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Wagtail, Ayr
Date of death: 1944-10-26
Aircraft: Firefly DT 977, coded 4A
Place of death: Blaeloch Hill, Southern Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RINGLEY (ST SAVIOUR) CHURCHYARD - Radcliffe, Lancashire
Commemoration details: New Cemetery, Uncons, Grave 204
Family details: Son of James Henry and Ada Fairclough; husband of Lilian Fairclough, of Stoneclough
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Wagtail, Ayr
Date of death: 1944-10-26
Aircraft: Firefly DT 977, coded 4A
Place of death: Blaeloch Hill, Southern Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RINGLEY (ST SAVIOUR) CHURCHYARD - Radcliffe, Lancashire
Commemoration details: New Cemetery, Uncons, Grave 204
Family details: Son of James Henry and Ada Fairclough; husband of Lilian Fairclough, of Stoneclough
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