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Name: J A GILLESPIE
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91547
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 792 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1944-08-05
Aircraft: Defiant N 3379
Place of death: At sea, West of Gulland Rock
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SHIRLEY (ST JOHN) CHURCHYARD - Surrey
Commemoration details: Section N, Grave 131
Family details: Son of Charles Gordon Gillespie and Evelyn Gillespie, of Streatham Common, London
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91547
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 792 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1944-08-05
Aircraft: Defiant N 3379
Place of death: At sea, West of Gulland Rock
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SHIRLEY (ST JOHN) CHURCHYARD - Surrey
Commemoration details: Section N, Grave 131
Family details: Son of Charles Gordon Gillespie and Evelyn Gillespie, of Streatham Common, London
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