Service Details
Name:
 FORRESTER
Given Name:
 IAN HUGH
Initials:
 I H
Service No:
 160153
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 266 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-28
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Typhoon 1b MN361, armed recce Vire-Domfront Alencon, engine failure crashed into building
Additional
Information:
Son of Herbert Arthur and Joyce Forrester, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. Element of the 2nd Tactical Air Force and equipped with Hawker Typhoon, the Squadron was involved in ground attack operations. On Cathcart War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Calvados
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Cemetery:
 BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XVIII. F. 15.

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