The story
Name: HALIFAX
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 79391
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-02-09
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9773, coded 'A4G'
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Ethel Bertha Halifax of Gosport, Hampshire
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 79391
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-02-09
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9773, coded 'A4G'
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Ethel Bertha Halifax of Gosport, Hampshire
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