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Flight Sergeant ROBERT WILFRED ERNEST TOWNSEND

Service Number: R/98669
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

162 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LERWICK NEW CEMETERY

Terrace 7B. Grave 19.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mabelle Townsend of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription THEY FLEW BRAVELY AWAY TO RETURN SOME DAY THEY WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR EVERMORE. R.F.T.
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