The story
Name: A WHITFORD
Rank: Temp Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77269
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 752 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1945-01-29
Aircraft: Reliant
Place of death: Belle Vue, Point-a-Pierre, Trinidad
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT OF SPAIN (ST JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Western Portion, Grave 89
Family details: Native of Rochdale, Lancashire and of Whitley Bay
Rank: Temp Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 77269
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 752 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1945-01-29
Aircraft: Reliant
Place of death: Belle Vue, Point-a-Pierre, Trinidad
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT OF SPAIN (ST JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Western Portion, Grave 89
Family details: Native of Rochdale, Lancashire and of Whitley Bay
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