The story
Name: J W H BROWN
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 780 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-08-09
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2801
Place of death: Hampshire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NUNEATON (OASTON ROAD) CEMETERY - Warwickshire
Commemoration details: Section K, Grave 12
Family details: Son of James and Henrietta Brown; husband of Elizabeth Emily Brown, of Stockingford, Nuneaton
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 780 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-08-09
Aircraft: Swordfish L 2801
Place of death: Hampshire
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NUNEATON (OASTON ROAD) CEMETERY - Warwickshire
Commemoration details: Section K, Grave 12
Family details: Son of James and Henrietta Brown; husband of Elizabeth Emily Brown, of Stockingford, Nuneaton
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