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Flight Lieutenant JACK FORSTER OVERTON

Service Number: 47571
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI (ROUTE DE SOLESMES) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row B. Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Ernest and Gertrude Mabel Overton, of Lindley, Huddersfield; husband of Margaret Overton.
  • Personal Inscription WERE THEY IMMORTAL WINGS THAT BORE HIM ON HIS FINAL FLIGHT?
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Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRAI (ROUTE DE SOLESMES) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 72
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