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Flying Officer C R Croft, Pilot Officer J A Tamsett, Flight Sergeant R G Harris,...
Catalogue reference: AIR 81/22948
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This record is about the Flying Officer C R Croft, Pilot Officer J A Tamsett, Flight Sergeant R G Harris,... dating from 1943 Jan 1 - 1947 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 81/22948
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943 Jan 1 - 1947 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Flying Officer C R Croft, Pilot Officer J A Tamsett, Flight Sergeant R G Harris, Flying Officer G J Bushell, Warrant Officer J Gamble, Flight Sergeant W Yeomans, Flight Sergeant G F Ritchie, Flight Sergeant R J Hunter (all RAAF), Flight Sergeant H Smedley, Flight Sergeant W Stewart, Sergeant H J Ferrett: missing believed killed; Sunderland JM707, 461 Squadron, aircraft failed to return from an anti-submarine patrol, Bay of Biscay, 30 August 1943
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- P408104/43
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open on Transfer
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C20722357/
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AIR 81
Air Ministry: P4 (Cas) Files relating to casualties suffered during air operations...
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