The story
Name: R V DOWN
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 96219
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Venerable
Date of death: 1945-05-08
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Sicily, Italy
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY - Sicily
Commemoration details: Plot III, Row G, Grave 49
Family details: Son of Percy John and Emily Frances Down, of West Town, Somerset
Rank: Chief Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 96219
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 814 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Venerable
Date of death: 1945-05-08
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Sicily, Italy
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY - Sicily
Commemoration details: Plot III, Row G, Grave 49
Family details: Son of Percy John and Emily Frances Down, of West Town, Somerset
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