The story
Name: L W VERNON
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 88496
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 752 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-06-26
Aircraft: Proctor II S 8839
Place of death: Chatguanas, Trinidad.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT OF SPAIN (ST JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Western Portion, Grave 32
Family details: Son of Edwin Thomas and Lucy Rebecca Vernon, of Walthamstow, London
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 88496
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 752 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-06-26
Aircraft: Proctor II S 8839
Place of death: Chatguanas, Trinidad.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT OF SPAIN (ST JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Western Portion, Grave 32
Family details: Son of Edwin Thomas and Lucy Rebecca Vernon, of Walthamstow, London
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