23 DEC 1906 Wrexham

Father:

Douglas Maitland King

Mother:

Gladys Violet Eleanor Platt

Married:

Barbara Lempriere Wells MAR 1932 St George Hanover Square, London

Children:

Death:

26 SEP 1932 Holbeach Bombing Range, Gedney Drove End, The Wash, Lincolnshire aged 25

Remarks:

He was a flying officer in the Royal Navy, and was part of 401 Flt, HMS Furious.

He was killed whilst on a practice dive bombing run, when the released bomb exploded prematurely after hitting the plane's (Fairey Flycatcher N9929) undercarriage axle.


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