The story
Name: R P A SANDFORD
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (L)
Official number: FX 75302
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 738 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker II, Lewiston / Quonset Point, Rhode Island / Dartmouth, USA
Date of death: 1943-05-08
Aircraft: Harvard
Place of death: Massachussetts, USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEWPORT (ISLAND) CEMETERY - Rhode Island
Commemoration details: Navy Section, Plots 172-177, Grave 14
Family details: Son of Richard Frederick Peter and Lily Maud Sandford, of West Horsley, Surrey. Native of Hammersmith
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (L)
Official number: FX 75302
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 738 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker II, Lewiston / Quonset Point, Rhode Island / Dartmouth, USA
Date of death: 1943-05-08
Aircraft: Harvard
Place of death: Massachussetts, USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEWPORT (ISLAND) CEMETERY - Rhode Island
Commemoration details: Navy Section, Plots 172-177, Grave 14
Family details: Son of Richard Frederick Peter and Lily Maud Sandford, of West Horsley, Surrey. Native of Hammersmith
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