The story
Name: L A MELLARD
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 112662
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 857 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indomitable
Date of death: 1945-04-16
Aircraft: Avenger JZ 424
Place of death: Sakishima Gunto
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Rufus Arthur and Charlotte Mellard of Sheffield, Yorkshire
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 112662
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 857 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indomitable
Date of death: 1945-04-16
Aircraft: Avenger JZ 424
Place of death: Sakishima Gunto
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Rufus Arthur and Charlotte Mellard of Sheffield, Yorkshire
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