The story
Name: D RITCHIE
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 115075
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 846 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ravager
Date of death: 1943-07-04
Aircraft: Avenger FN 788
Place of death: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH (EVERGREEN) MEMORIAL PARK - Virginia
Commemoration details: Section F, Lot 18, Grave 3
Family details: Son of George E and Eleanor C Ritchie, of Gateshead, Co. Durham
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 115075
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 846 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ravager
Date of death: 1943-07-04
Aircraft: Avenger FN 788
Place of death: Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH (EVERGREEN) MEMORIAL PARK - Virginia
Commemoration details: Section F, Lot 18, Grave 3
Family details: Son of George E and Eleanor C Ritchie, of Gateshead, Co. Durham
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