The story
Name: W E J THOMSON
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77344
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 849 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1943-10-03
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Chesapeake Bay
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of John James and Louisa Melinda Thomson of Barnes, Surrey. Native of Hammersmith, London
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77344
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 849 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Saker, Washington / Halifax / Lewiston / Brunswick, Maine / Squantum / New York, USA
Date of death: 1943-10-03
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Chesapeake Bay
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 3
Family details: Son of John James and Louisa Melinda Thomson of Barnes, Surrey. Native of Hammersmith, London
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