The story
Name: W E CHINN
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: P/JX 140021
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 803 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-09
Aircraft: Skua L 2948
Place of death: RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Grave 24
Family details: Son of Wilfred Ewart Chinn and Elsie Chinn, of Barry, Glamorgan
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: P/JX 140021
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 803 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-09
Aircraft: Skua L 2948
Place of death: RNAS Hatston, Kirkwall
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Grave 24
Family details: Son of Wilfred Ewart Chinn and Elsie Chinn, of Barry, Glamorgan
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