Service Details
Name:
 ROONEY
Given Name:
 LOUIS JOHN
Initials:
 L J
Service No:
 39955
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 83 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-12-28
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden I P2097, crashed on return from operational flight over Bordeaux, France. Took off from Scampton. Crashed 0125 at Appleford Bridge 4 miles SEW of Abingdon Berkshire
Additional
Information:
Son of Louis John and Catherina Wilhelmina Rooney, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His father died in service in WW1
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Oxfordshire
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Cemetery:
 BENSON (OR BENSINGTON) (ST. HELEN) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
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Grave Reference:
 Row F. Grave 9.

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