The story
Name: R PARKINSON
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: C/FX 77481 (C/JX 143306)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-05-18
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: North Sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Arthur and Alice Parkinson of Chatham
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: C/FX 77481 (C/JX 143306)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-05-18
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: North Sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Arthur and Alice Parkinson of Chatham
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