The story
Name: C A CHICHESTER
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 76379
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1940-05-24
Aircraft: Swordfish Coded '5L'
Place of death: At sea, South West of Calais, France
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Lionel Clifford Chichester and Emily Chichester of Hendon, Middlesex
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 76379
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kestrel, Worthy Down
Date of death: 1940-05-24
Aircraft: Swordfish Coded '5L'
Place of death: At sea, South West of Calais, France
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Lionel Clifford Chichester and Emily Chichester of Hendon, Middlesex
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