The story
Name: A McBRIDE
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 226976
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-10-29
Aircraft: Albacore T 9136
Place of death: Western Desert, Egypt
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Thomas H and Olive McBride of Small Heath, Birmingham
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 226976
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 821 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-10-29
Aircraft: Albacore T 9136
Place of death: Western Desert, Egypt
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Thomas H and Olive McBride of Small Heath, Birmingham
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