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33432

Pilot Officer (Pilot)

John Sandes

Barnwell

20

British

Royal Air Force

29 Squadron RAF (Debden)

19th June 1940

North Sea off the Suffolk Coast

Shot down by He.111

Scopwick Church Burial Ground

Row 2. Grave 31.

Detached to Martlesham he was shot down in Blenheim L.6636 by a Heinkel He.111. His co-pilot Sergeant Long was also killed in this action. His Father was the designer of the Blenheim.

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