The story
Name: V V HATFIELD
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 78549
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 790 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1943-05-13
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: Yeovil, Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GNOSALL (ST LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION - Staffordshire
Commemoration details: North part
Family details: Son of Thomas Edward and Evelyn Doris Hatfield, of Gnosall
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 78549
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 790 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1943-05-13
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: Yeovil, Somerset
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GNOSALL (ST LAWRENCE) CHURCHYARD EXTENSION - Staffordshire
Commemoration details: North part
Family details: Son of Thomas Edward and Evelyn Doris Hatfield, of Gnosall
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