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Name: L C FRANKLIN
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-13
Aircraft: Wellington L 4339
Place of death: At sea, off Whitby
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Brevet Colonel G D Franklin CIE, OBE, JP I.M.S. (Retd) and Mrs Franklin of Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-13
Aircraft: Wellington L 4339
Place of death: At sea, off Whitby
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Brevet Colonel G D Franklin CIE, OBE, JP I.M.S. (Retd) and Mrs Franklin of Aldeburgh, Suffolk
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