The story
Name: W A F FRYER
Rank: Acting Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-08-14
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4265
Place of death: At sea, off North coast of Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Brigadier-General F A B Fryer and Frances Esme Fryer
Rank: Acting Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-08-14
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4265
Place of death: At sea, off North coast of Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Brigadier-General F A B Fryer and Frances Esme Fryer
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