The story
Name: H C SELBY
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 79495
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 855 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1944-07-24
Aircraft: Avenger JZ 550, coded '5R' ?
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Thomas and Edith Selby; husband of Eva Selby. Native of Derby
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 79495
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 855 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1944-07-24
Aircraft: Avenger JZ 550, coded '5R' ?
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Thomas and Edith Selby; husband of Eva Selby. Native of Derby
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