The story
Name: A D BLACKLIN
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 82914 (FAA/JX 221924)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 833 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-05-06
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5887, coded 'K'
Place of death: At sea, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Richard James and Jessie Beatrice Blacklin; husband of Winifred May Blacklin. Native of Bishops Stortford
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 82914 (FAA/JX 221924)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 833 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-05-06
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5887, coded 'K'
Place of death: At sea, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Richard James and Jessie Beatrice Blacklin; husband of Winifred May Blacklin. Native of Bishops Stortford
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