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A V M DAY — Fleet Air Arm

1940-06-21 · At sea · United Kingdom

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Name: A V M DAY
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 801 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-06-21
Aircraft: Roc
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Son of George Albert and Eva Day of Chertsey, Surrey; husband of Enid Coral Day (nee Stewart)

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