Service Details
Name:
 McNAIR
Given Name:
 BRIAN ROBERT
Initials:
 B R
Service No:
 80418
Trade:
 Nav.
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-17
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Date of Birth:
 1920-05-24
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I ED780, traget Pilsen (Skoda factory), took off 2133 16 April 1943 from Bottesford, crashed in North of France
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 12 January 1943 pg. 269
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred Wynne McNair and Ellen McNair, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Cape Town. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 POIX-DE-PICARDIE CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 Row E. Grave 14.

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