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Name: S J THOMAS
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/SFX 1159
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1942-02-21
Aircraft: Albacore X 9082
Place of death: North Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Rees and Norah Thomas of Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales. Native of Hengoed, Glamorgan, Wales
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/SFX 1159
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1942-02-21
Aircraft: Albacore X 9082
Place of death: North Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Rees and Norah Thomas of Trealaw, Glamorgan, Wales. Native of Hengoed, Glamorgan, Wales
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