The story
Name: J C A BENSTED
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86815
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1943-11-18
Aircraft: Swordfish II HS 448
Place of death: Kintyre, Argyll
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SOUTH LONDON CREMATORIUM, MITCHAM - Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 21
Family details: Son of Edward John and Margaret Bensted, of Balham, London
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86815
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1943-11-18
Aircraft: Swordfish II HS 448
Place of death: Kintyre, Argyll
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: SOUTH LONDON CREMATORIUM, MITCHAM - Surrey
Commemoration details: Panel 21
Family details: Son of Edward John and Margaret Bensted, of Balham, London
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