The story
Name: A J ATKIN
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: L/FX 77465 (JX 138039)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-06-03
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9731
Place of death: At sea, East Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Smith and Nellie Atkin; husband of Eva Rose Atkin of Highbury, London
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: L/FX 77465 (JX 138039)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1941-06-03
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9731
Place of death: At sea, East Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Smith and Nellie Atkin; husband of Eva Rose Atkin of Highbury, London
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