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Rank
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Forenames
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Name
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Age
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Nationality
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Service
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Unit
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Date of Death
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Place of Death
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Circumstances
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Cemetery
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Reference
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Detail
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Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
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Cecil
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Higgins
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28
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British
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Royal Air Force
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A&AEE (Martlesham Heath)
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23rd August 1939
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Martlesham
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Aircraft Crash during test flight
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His Bristol Bombay L.5808 crashed into the garden of a Bungalow on Main Road, Martlesham. It hit a clump of trees on take off and burst into flames. Incorrect trimming was blamed.
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