The story
Name: F A BARNES
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 77002
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 806 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-07-25
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: South West of Sardinia, Italy
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Jane Barnes. Native of Malmesbury
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 77002
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 806 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ark Royal
Date of death: 1941-07-25
Aircraft: Fulmar
Place of death: South West of Sardinia, Italy
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Jane Barnes. Native of Malmesbury
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