The story
Name: A ASHBY
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 76332
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 801 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1941-02-19
Aircraft: Skua L 3054
Place of death: Elidir Fach, Snowdonia, North Wales
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SHEDFIELD (ST JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD - Hampshire
Commemoration details: South of tower
Family details: Husband of Millicent Annie Ashby, of East Cowes, Isle of Wight
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 76332
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 801 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1941-02-19
Aircraft: Skua L 3054
Place of death: Elidir Fach, Snowdonia, North Wales
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SHEDFIELD (ST JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD - Hampshire
Commemoration details: South of tower
Family details: Husband of Millicent Annie Ashby, of East Cowes, Isle of Wight
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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