The story
Name: R J W COLES
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 88499
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1942-05-13
Aircraft: Swordfish I L 2838
Place of death: Finavon, Forfar, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH (EASTNEY OR HIGHLAND ROAD) CEMETERY - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Section H, Block 14, Grave 33
Family details: Son of Walter Constant Coles and Elizabeth Ada Coles, of Southsea
Rank: Leading Airman
Official number: FX 88499
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 767 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1942-05-13
Aircraft: Swordfish I L 2838
Place of death: Finavon, Forfar, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH (EASTNEY OR HIGHLAND ROAD) CEMETERY - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Section H, Block 14, Grave 33
Family details: Son of Walter Constant Coles and Elizabeth Ada Coles, of Southsea
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