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Wing Commander WILLIAM WATERS STAINTHORPE

Service Number: 26214
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

83 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCAMPTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

Old Part. Grave 20.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Air Force Cross
  • Additional Info Son of William Waters Stainthorpe and Eugenie Stainthorpe, of Guisborough, Yorkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

SCAMPTON (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Lincolnshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 109
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