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Pilot Officer WILLIAM HENRY RUSSELL

Service Number: 40987
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

631 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 28 February 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY

Sec. A. Grave 269.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry Russell and of Martha Russell (nee Jones), Llanfairfechan, Caernarvonshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

CHESTER (BLACON) CEMETERY
Cheshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 581
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