The story
Name: C F ELMER
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 607659
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 744 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1944-07-21
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Frank and Susannah Elmer of Peterborough
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 607659
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 744 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1944-07-21
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Frank and Susannah Elmer of Peterborough
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