The story
Name: A W MEARS
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/SFX 2259
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vindex
Date of death: 1944-05-11
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 121, coded 'C' (or 'M')
Place of death: Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Albert and Ellen Alice Mears of Tottenham, Middlesex
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/SFX 2259
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vindex
Date of death: 1944-05-11
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 121, coded 'C' (or 'M')
Place of death: Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Albert and Ellen Alice Mears of Tottenham, Middlesex
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