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Sergeant DOUGLAS WIGHTMAN

Service Number: 982542
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

106 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY

2. D. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Caroline Wightman, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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Buried or commemorated at

ESCOUBLAC-LA-BAULE WAR CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique France
Number of casualties: 329
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