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Squadron Leader JOHN RUSSELL COLLINS

Service Number: 124617
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

245 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1944

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

III. E. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of John Richard and Margaret Collins, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Elsie Collins, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription REMEMBERED WITH LOVE TO-DAY AS ALWAYS, BY LOVING WIFE ELSIE AND SON MICHAEL
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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