The story
Name: B S CHAPMAN
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 82597
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 751 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Pegasus
Date of death: 1942-02-06
Aircraft: Walrus
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KILBRIDE OLD CHURCHYARD - Buteshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Grave 54
Family details: Son of Bertram and Maud Chapman; husband of Audrey Mary Chapman, of Snodland, Kent
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 82597
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 751 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Pegasus
Date of death: 1942-02-06
Aircraft: Walrus
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KILBRIDE OLD CHURCHYARD - Buteshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Grave 54
Family details: Son of Bertram and Maud Chapman; husband of Audrey Mary Chapman, of Snodland, Kent
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