The story
Name: B R KERRY
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87219
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 755 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-02-24
Aircraft: Shark II K 5608
Place of death: Near Worthy Down, Winchester
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NORBURY (ST THOMAS) CHURCHYARD - Cheshire
Commemoration details: Section H, Grave 245
Family details: Son of William Roland and Mary Ellen Kerry, of Blackburn, Lancashire
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87219
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 755 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-02-24
Aircraft: Shark II K 5608
Place of death: Near Worthy Down, Winchester
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NORBURY (ST THOMAS) CHURCHYARD - Cheshire
Commemoration details: Section H, Grave 245
Family details: Son of William Roland and Mary Ellen Kerry, of Blackburn, Lancashire
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