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Flying Officer JAMES WHITTER

Service Number: 178853
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

578 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 15 January 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 8.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ann Whitter, of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription LORD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL AND MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 7671
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