The story
Name: H SHAW
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 782 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1942-04-02
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5924
Place of death: Pentland Firth
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Edwin and Ethel Shaw of Salford, Lancashire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 782 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Merlin, Donibristle
Date of death: 1942-04-02
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5924
Place of death: Pentland Firth
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Edwin and Ethel Shaw of Salford, Lancashire
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