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Squadron Leader DESMOND PAPWORTH McKEOWN

Service Number: 32176
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

164 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1943

Buried or commemorated at

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY

Row G. Grave 8.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Air Force Cross
  • Personal Inscription "SO WALKED HE FROM HIS BIRTH, IN SIMPLENESS AND GENTLENESS AND HONOUR AND CLEAN MIRTH"
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Buried or commemorated at

FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY
Zeeland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 245
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