The story
Name: R F GATES
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 89594
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 846 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tracker
Date of death: 1944-01-10
Aircraft: Avenger FN 828
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Frederick W and Annie E Gates of Rosyth, Scotland
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 89594
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 846 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tracker
Date of death: 1944-01-10
Aircraft: Avenger FN 828
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Frederick W and Annie E Gates of Rosyth, Scotland
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