The story
Name: P J MURPHY
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91318
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 782 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1943-03-31
Aircraft: Dominie 86
Place of death: Donibristle, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DUNFERMLINE (DOUGLAS BANK) CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 234
Family details: Son of James Edmund and Mabel Joan Murphy, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 91318
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 782 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1943-03-31
Aircraft: Dominie 86
Place of death: Donibristle, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DUNFERMLINE (DOUGLAS BANK) CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 234
Family details: Son of James Edmund and Mabel Joan Murphy, of Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
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