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Flying Officer GEORGE LIONEL DOWNER

Service Number: 130207
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

115 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 14 January 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

1. F. 7.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of E. Gordon Ross Downer and Ellen Downer, of Bognor Regis, Sussex. F.R.Met.S.
  • Personal Inscription "I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH"
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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