The story
Name: R HARTLEY
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 86655
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-04-27
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 938
Place of death: Ferniness Range near Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY - Yorkshire
Commemoration details: Compartment 157, Grave 32
Family details: Son of Robert and Margaret Ann Hartley, of Gipsyville, Hull
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 86655
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-04-27
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 938
Place of death: Ferniness Range near Longniddry, East Lothian, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY - Yorkshire
Commemoration details: Compartment 157, Grave 32
Family details: Son of Robert and Margaret Ann Hartley, of Gipsyville, Hull
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