The story
Name: W M JAMES
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77170
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 817 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1941-10-12
Aircraft: Albacore N 4358
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Abraham Edgar and Harriet Ann James of Cwmdare, Glamorgan, Wales
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77170
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 817 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1941-10-12
Aircraft: Albacore N 4358
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: Lee-On-Solent Memorial - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Abraham Edgar and Harriet Ann James of Cwmdare, Glamorgan, Wales
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