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Acting Flight Lieutenant M S Donne: report of death; Hurricane N2556 failed to return...
Catalogue reference: AIR 81/254
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This record is about the Acting Flight Lieutenant M S Donne: report of death; Hurricane N2556 failed to return... dating from 1940 Jan 01 - 1949 Dec 31 in the series Air Ministry: P4 (Cas) Files relating to casualties suffered during air operations.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- AIR 81/254
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Jan 01 - 1949 Dec 31
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Acting Flight Lieutenant M S Donne: report of death; Hurricane N2556 failed to return from an operational flight over The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 May 1940
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- P 351952/40
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AIR 81
Air Ministry: P4 (Cas) Files relating to casualties suffered during air operations...
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