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GILBERT, Ernest George

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rank: P/O
status: survived
airforce: RAF    (no: unknown )
born: 1912-11-04 stafford United Kingdom

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A RAF sptifire pilot ernest george gilbert my grandfather joined 1928 born 1912 and died in 2003 and was the leader of squadron 64 and landed deadstick and survived

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