The story
Name: W PRITCHETT
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 611435
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Wagtail, Ayr
Date of death: 1945-01-06
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Bernard Charles and Edith Elizabeth Pritchett of Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 611435
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Wagtail, Ayr
Date of death: 1945-01-06
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Bernard Charles and Edith Elizabeth Pritchett of Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire
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