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Wing Commander JAMES GEORGE WILSON SWAIN

Service Number: 39136
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

100 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1943

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY

A. 9. 19.

Denmark

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Comdr. J. G. W. Swain and Susannah Rose Swain, of Southampton.
  • Personal Inscription "ILLI ROBUR ET AES TRIPLEX CIRCA PECTUS ERAT"
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Buried or commemorated at

ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY
Denmark
Number of casualties: 280
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