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Name: G J ASHTON
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 90585
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 753 Squadron / '"O" Course
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1942-11-12
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4152
Place of death: Angus, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ST STEPHEN'S-BY-SALTASH (ST STEPHEN) CHURCHYARD - Cornwall
Commemoration details: Grave 3243
Family details: Son of John Francis and Clare Ashton, of Saltash
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 90585
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 753 Squadron / '"O" Course
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1942-11-12
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4152
Place of death: Angus, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ST STEPHEN'S-BY-SALTASH (ST STEPHEN) CHURCHYARD - Cornwall
Commemoration details: Grave 3243
Family details: Son of John Francis and Clare Ashton, of Saltash
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