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Flight Lieutenant ERNEST JAMES PRESLAND

Service Number: 158971
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

576 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSENS (FYN) NEW CEMETERY

Sp. Mem.

Denmark

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Walter and Elizabeth Mary Presland, of East Ham, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription INTO THE MOSAIC OF VICTORY WAS LAID THIS PRECIOUS PIECE
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSENS (FYN) NEW CEMETERY
Denmark
Number of casualties: 19
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