The story
Name: G L ASTLEY
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 114989
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 796 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kilele, Tanga, East Africa
Date of death: 1943-05-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4699
Place of death: Kenya
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: TANGA EUROPEAN CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 11, Row A, Grave 8
Family details: Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Astley, of Talybont, Caernarvonshire. Native of Bangor, Wales
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 114989
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 796 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kilele, Tanga, East Africa
Date of death: 1943-05-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4699
Place of death: Kenya
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: TANGA EUROPEAN CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 11, Row A, Grave 8
Family details: Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Astley, of Talybont, Caernarvonshire. Native of Bangor, Wales
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