The story
Name: G J BURNS
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 88966
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1944-04-03
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 569, Coded '5M' ?
Place of death: At sea, off Norway
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: TROMSO CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot NN, Row D, Grave 7
Family details: Son of John Robert and Annie Mary Burns, of Darlington, Co. Durham
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 88966
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1944-04-03
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 569, Coded '5M' ?
Place of death: At sea, off Norway
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: TROMSO CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot NN, Row D, Grave 7
Family details: Son of John Robert and Annie Mary Burns, of Darlington, Co. Durham
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