The story
Name: M FORTNUM
Rank: Acting Pilot Officer
Official number: -
Role: Pilot/N?
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 754 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1939-12-12
Aircraft: Walrus K 8556
Place of death: Southampton Water
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot G, Row 8, Grave 11
Family details: Son of Edwin Walter and Florrie Fortnum, of East Molesey, Surrey.
Rank: Acting Pilot Officer
Official number: -
Role: Pilot/N?
Service/attached: RAF
Squadron: 754 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1939-12-12
Aircraft: Walrus K 8556
Place of death: Southampton Water
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot G, Row 8, Grave 11
Family details: Son of Edwin Walter and Florrie Fortnum, of East Molesey, Surrey.
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