The story
Name: G F K HOWE
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 77340
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron, Bircham Newton
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-09-30
Aircraft: Albacore L 7100
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SAGE WAR CEMETERY - Oldenburg, Niedersachsen
Commemoration details: Plot 7, Row E, Grave 4
Family details: Son of Frederick William Howe, M.B.E., and Margaret Lucy Howe, of West Runton, Norfolk
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 77340
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron, Bircham Newton
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-09-30
Aircraft: Albacore L 7100
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SAGE WAR CEMETERY - Oldenburg, Niedersachsen
Commemoration details: Plot 7, Row E, Grave 4
Family details: Son of Frederick William Howe, M.B.E., and Margaret Lucy Howe, of West Runton, Norfolk
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