The story
Name: W F MICHIE
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 564115
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785/786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-12
Aircraft: Barracuda MD 762
Place of death: At Sea, off Fife Ness
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Valentine and Catherine Michie of Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 564115
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785/786 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-12
Aircraft: Barracuda MD 762
Place of death: At Sea, off Fife Ness
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Valentine and Catherine Michie of Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland
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