The story
Name: A A SHIELDS
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 77305
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-08-07
Aircraft: Albacore P 9213
Place of death: Solent
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Elsie May Shields. Native of Oldham, Lancashire
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 77305
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-08-07
Aircraft: Albacore P 9213
Place of death: Solent
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Elsie May Shields. Native of Oldham, Lancashire
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