The story
Name: J A GROGAN
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 709 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1945-05-19
Aircraft: Seafire NF 564
Place of death: Near Wellington, Somerset.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON CHURCHYARD R.N.A.S. EXTENSION, Somerset
Commemoration details: Row E, Grave 4
Family details: Son of Leo and Elza Grogan of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 709 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vulture, St Merryn
Date of death: 1945-05-19
Aircraft: Seafire NF 564
Place of death: Near Wellington, Somerset.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: YEOVILTON CHURCHYARD R.N.A.S. EXTENSION, Somerset
Commemoration details: Row E, Grave 4
Family details: Son of Leo and Elza Grogan of Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
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