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Pilot Officer WILLIAM FRANCIS CYRIL KNIGHT

Service Number: 155475
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

218 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

16. J. 16.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Gertrude Ellen Knight; husband of Pauline Laura Knight and nephew of Mrs. J. Biddle. His brothers Ronald Frank and Leslie George also died on service.
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Buried or commemorated at

HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2455
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