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Squadron Leader RICHARD JOHN MANTON

Service Number: 39599
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

83 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEN SOUTHERN GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot E. Row 1. Grave 51.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lionel Manton, and of Beatrice Manton (nee Ross), of Melbourne, Derbyshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEN SOUTHERN GENERAL CEMETERY
Drenthe Netherlands
Number of casualties: 7
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