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Leading Aircraftman DEREK JOHN LING

Service Number: 937983
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

600 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1940

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROMSLEY (ST. KENELM) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert James Ling, and of Kathleen Mary Ling, of Putney, London.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY IN THE WAR AGAINST TYRANNY AND EVIL
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Buried or commemorated at

ROMSLEY (ST. KENELM) CHURCHYARD
Worcestershire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 4
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