Name: R RIGBY
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86789
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 810 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1944-06-11
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: At sea, off Sumatra.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Frederick H and Charlesina Rigby of North Shields