The story
Name: G N JENKINS
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86772
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tracker
Date of death: 1943-08-26
Aircraft: Swordfish DK 683
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Thomas Horbury Jenkins and Ruth Evelyn Jenkins of Worthing. Native of Rotherham
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86772
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tracker
Date of death: 1943-08-26
Aircraft: Swordfish DK 683
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Thomas Horbury Jenkins and Ruth Evelyn Jenkins of Worthing. Native of Rotherham
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