The story
Name: F H HUNT
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87071
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 831 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1944-08-04
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: China Bay, Trincomalee, Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs F H Hunt of Woodlands, near Doncaster, Yorkshire
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87071
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 831 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1944-08-04
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: China Bay, Trincomalee, Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs F H Hunt of Woodlands, near Doncaster, Yorkshire
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