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Name: D E AFFORD
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX96366
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 853 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1943-12-07
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Massachussetts, USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Arthur James and Florence Emily Afford of Birmingham
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX96366
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 853 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1943-12-07
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Massachussetts, USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Arthur James and Florence Emily Afford of Birmingham
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