The story
Name: F H SHIEL
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: PX 2740
Role: Air Gunner
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1941-02-13
Aircraft: Albacore IL 7168
Place of death: off Massawa
Circumstances: POW
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: PX 2740
Role: Air Gunner
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1941-02-13
Aircraft: Albacore IL 7168
Place of death: off Massawa
Circumstances: POW
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