The story
Name: R A V ALLEN
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 79444
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 813 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Eagle
Date of death: 1942-03-10
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4495, coded 'E4K'
Place of death: Gibraltar Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Joint grave 13
Family details: Son of Frederick William and Mary Allen, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 79444
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 813 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Eagle
Date of death: 1942-03-10
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4495, coded 'E4K'
Place of death: Gibraltar Bay
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: GIBRALTAR (NORTH FRONT) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row B, Joint grave 13
Family details: Son of Frederick William and Mary Allen, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
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