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Flying Officer JOSEPH MALPASS SHORTTLE

Service Number: 157422
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

214 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

14. B. 6.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Liza Shorttle; husband of Joan Shorttle, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAREST JOE. LOVING WIFE JOAN AND SON MICHAEL
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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