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Pilot Officer HERBERT RANKIN

Service Number: 173840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

61 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

1. G. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and Agnes Rankin, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
  • Personal Inscription "UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS"
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle France
Number of casualties: 803
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