The story
Name: G H GAYNON
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 80437 (P/JX 146121)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-09-22
Aircraft: Swordfish L 7635
Place of death: At sea, 60 degrees 8'N; 3 degrees 23' W.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Grave 6
Family details: Son of Frederick and Nora Gaynon, of Herringthorpe, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 80437 (P/JX 146121)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-09-22
Aircraft: Swordfish L 7635
Place of death: At sea, 60 degrees 8'N; 3 degrees 23' W.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Grave 6
Family details: Son of Frederick and Nora Gaynon, of Herringthorpe, Rotherham, Yorkshire
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