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A G DAY — Fleet Air Arm

1940-08-24 · Mediterranean · United Kingdom

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Name: A G DAY
Rank: Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 806 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1940-08-24
Aircraft: Fulmar N 1887
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Arthur William and Stella Calcot Day of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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