The story
Name: R J A SHAW
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1833 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1945-07-31
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Sumatra
Circumstances: EXECUTED AS P.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Lionel John Robert and Edith Edna Shaw of Dulwich, London
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1833 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1945-07-31
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Sumatra
Circumstances: EXECUTED AS P.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 5
Family details: Son of Lionel John Robert and Edith Edna Shaw of Dulwich, London
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