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Initials: F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 150 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/04/1944
Service No: 1434766
Additional information: Son of Abraham and Winifred Harding Banks, of Willenhall, Staffordshire; husband of Ivy Florence Banks, of Willenhall.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 4.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Name: NUSSEY
Initials: A d W
Nationality: South African
Rank: Lieutenant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 150 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 21/04/1944
Service No: 328728V
Additional information: Son of Brigadier-General A. H. M. Nussey and Bridget Nussey, of Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 6.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Name: WEBSTER
Initials: D G
Nationality: South African
Rank: Second Lieutenant (Nav.)
Regiment/Service: South African Air Force
Unit Text: 150 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 21/04/1944
Service No: 103442V
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 2.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Name: GREEN, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 150 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/04/1944
Service No: 1576108
Additional information: Son of Mrs. E. Reid, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 8.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Name: LINCOLN, BERNARD ALAN
Initials: B A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant (Air Bomber)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 150 Sqdn.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/04/1944
Service No: 1601858
Additional information: Son of Henry Parlby Lincoln and Edith Lincoln, of West Dulwich, London.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. E. 10.
Cemetery: SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
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