The story
Name: N A F CHEESMAN
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1941-12-30
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4261
Place of death: Crail, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 25
Family details: Son of Alfred Addison Cheesman and Mabel Cheesman, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1941-12-30
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4261
Place of death: Crail, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 25
Family details: Son of Alfred Addison Cheesman and Mabel Cheesman, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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