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Pilot Officer GEORGE JAMES DRAKE

Service Number: 42398
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

607 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1940

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

22. E. 2.

United Kingdom

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK: selected headstones photographed by Ian Small, 29 June 2019. Pilot Officer G.J. Drake was a South African who served in the RAF and was lost in the Battle of Britain. His remains were not recovered until 1972 when he was re-interred here.

Photographer: Ian Small

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7048
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