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Flying Officer ROBERT TOPE HAMER

Service Number: 46635
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

296 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. H. 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and C. I. Hamer, of Salford, Lancashire; husband of Jessie Hamer, of Salford.
  • Personal Inscription "ON SUN-TIPPED WINGS HE LOVED TO FLY." BOB, LOVING MEMORIES. JESS

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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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