The story
Name: R E SHIPMAN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Argus
Date of death: 1942-01-24
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4708
Place of death: Gibraltar Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Joint grave 6
Family details: Son of Robert Angus and Ethel Mary Shipman, of High Tranmere, Birkenhead
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 812 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Argus
Date of death: 1942-01-24
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4708
Place of death: Gibraltar Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Joint grave 6
Family details: Son of Robert Angus and Ethel Mary Shipman, of High Tranmere, Birkenhead
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