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L S J WINDREW — Fleet Air Arm

1945-03-29 · Arbroath, Angus, Scotland · United Kingdom

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Name: L S J WINDREW
Rank: Temp Chief Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 80772
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 783 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1945-03-29
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: WANDSWORTH (STREATHAM) CEMETERY - London
Commemoration details: Block 17, Grave 326
Family details: Son of John William and Margaret Windrew; husband of Constance Theresa May Windrew. Native of Islington, London

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