The story
Name: J M ASHBURNER
Rank: Leading Wren (Sp)
Official number: 45374
Role: Passenger
Service/attached: WRNS
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1944-06-09
Aircraft: Swordfish II LS 181
Place of death: Near Fordell Castle, two miles east of Dunfermline, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DUNFERMLINE (DOUGLAS BANK) CEMETERY - Rosyth, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 294
Family details: Daughter of George Bankes Ashburner and Ada Margaret Ashburner, of Hayes, Bromley, Kent.
Rank: Leading Wren (Sp)
Official number: 45374
Role: Passenger
Service/attached: WRNS
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1944-06-09
Aircraft: Swordfish II LS 181
Place of death: Near Fordell Castle, two miles east of Dunfermline, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: DUNFERMLINE (DOUGLAS BANK) CEMETERY - Rosyth, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section A, Grave 294
Family details: Daughter of George Bankes Ashburner and Ada Margaret Ashburner, of Hayes, Bromley, Kent.
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