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Flight Lieutenant JOHN LANCELOT BIRBECK

Service Number: 116801
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

218 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

Coll. grave 4A. B. 1-5.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Brigadier John Hugh Birbeck and Maud Isabel Birbeck, of Harleston, Norfolk.
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Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY
Hamburg Germany
Number of casualties: 2566
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