The story
Name: C F KIRBY
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1943-11-15
Aircraft: Barracuda II BV765 or P9797
Place of death: At sea, Clyde
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Frederick Eling Kirby and Mabel Grace Kirby of Earlsfield, London
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1943-11-15
Aircraft: Barracuda II BV765 or P9797
Place of death: At sea, Clyde
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Frederick Eling Kirby and Mabel Grace Kirby of Earlsfield, London
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