The story
Name: G A McNIVEN
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115035 (FAA/JX 258332)
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 803 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kilele, Tanga, East Africa
Date of death: 1943-03-18
Aircraft: Fulmar II
Place of death: At sea, off Tanga, East Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Neil and Margaret McNiven; husband of Frances Margaret McNiven of Brechin, Angus, Scotland
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115035 (FAA/JX 258332)
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 803 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kilele, Tanga, East Africa
Date of death: 1943-03-18
Aircraft: Fulmar II
Place of death: At sea, off Tanga, East Africa
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Neil and Margaret McNiven; husband of Frances Margaret McNiven of Brechin, Angus, Scotland
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