The story
Name: W BAKER
Rank: Air Mechanic 1st Class (O)
Official number: FX 107997
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Seaborn, RCAF Dartmouth / RCAF Yarmouth
Date of death: 1945-05-02
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 246
Place of death: Nova Scotia
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Ida Baker of Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales
Rank: Air Mechanic 1st Class (O)
Official number: FX 107997
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Seaborn, RCAF Dartmouth / RCAF Yarmouth
Date of death: 1945-05-02
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 246
Place of death: Nova Scotia
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William and Ida Baker of Cadoxton, Glamorgan, Wales
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