The story
Name: N F MATTHEWS
Rank: Air Fitter (A)
Official number: FX 81678
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-01-30
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4554
Place of death: Calder Dam, Dunbarton, Renfrew, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HESTON (ST LEONARD) CHURCHYARD - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Old Ground, Grave 21SR
Family details: Son of Charles and Lily Matthews, of Hounslow, husband of Elsie Frances Matthews, of Hounslow
Rank: Air Fitter (A)
Official number: FX 81678
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 823 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-01-30
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4554
Place of death: Calder Dam, Dunbarton, Renfrew, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HESTON (ST LEONARD) CHURCHYARD - Middlesex
Commemoration details: Old Ground, Grave 21SR
Family details: Son of Charles and Lily Matthews, of Hounslow, husband of Elsie Frances Matthews, of Hounslow
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