The story
Name: H R WILKINSON
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 76556
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 2nd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785/786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-08-01
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4017
Place of death: RNAS St Merryn
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RUGBY (CLIFTON ROAD) CEMETERY - Warwickshire
Commemoration details: Section O, Grave 201
Family details: Son of Frederick and Ada Wilkinson, of Rugby, Warwickshire
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 76556
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 2nd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785/786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-08-01
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4017
Place of death: RNAS St Merryn
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RUGBY (CLIFTON ROAD) CEMETERY - Warwickshire
Commemoration details: Section O, Grave 201
Family details: Son of Frederick and Ada Wilkinson, of Rugby, Warwickshire
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