The story
Name: W J LOWE
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 1840 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1944-08-24
Aircraft: Hellcat I JV 203
Place of death: At sea, off Norwegian coast
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 1
Family details: Son of William and Martha Lowe of Bexleyheath, Kent
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 1840 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1944-08-24
Aircraft: Hellcat I JV 203
Place of death: At sea, off Norwegian coast
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 1
Family details: Son of William and Martha Lowe of Bexleyheath, Kent
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