The story
Name: O L CRIBB
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 96196
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 848 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1944-11-16
Aircraft: -
Place of death: Dekheila
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William Llanwarne Cribb and Catherine Edith Cribb of Louth. Younger brother of J L Cribb who died serving in F.A.A.
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 96196
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 848 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1944-11-16
Aircraft: -
Place of death: Dekheila
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William Llanwarne Cribb and Catherine Edith Cribb of Louth. Younger brother of J L Cribb who died serving in F.A.A.
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