The story
Name: W G RYAN
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 611439
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 837 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glory
Date of death: 1945-04-16
Aircraft: Barracuda MX 794
Place of death: Goat Fell, Arran, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Patrick Vincent Ryan and Victoria Julie Ryan of Rogate, Sussex. Native of Haifa, Palestine
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 611439
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 837 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Glory
Date of death: 1945-04-16
Aircraft: Barracuda MX 794
Place of death: Goat Fell, Arran, Scotland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Patrick Vincent Ryan and Victoria Julie Ryan of Rogate, Sussex. Native of Haifa, Palestine
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