The story
Name: W A GROSSETT
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 113994
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-06-27
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 934
Place of death: Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: EAST HAM (ST MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD - Essex
Family details: Son of Henry and Ellen Louisa Grossett; husband of Lilian Ellen Grossett, of Silvertown
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 113994
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 770 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-06-27
Aircraft: Chesapeake AL 934
Place of death: Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: EAST HAM (ST MARY MAGDALENE) CHURCHYARD - Essex
Family details: Son of Henry and Ellen Louisa Grossett; husband of Lilian Ellen Grossett, of Silvertown
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