The story
Name: W ELSTON
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115004
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1945-01-29
Aircraft: Barracuda DR 131
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 1
Family details: Native of Whitefield, near Manchester
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 115004
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 826 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1945-01-29
Aircraft: Barracuda DR 131
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 1
Family details: Native of Whitefield, near Manchester
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