The story
Name: W SEMPLE
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman [Leading Airman (TY)]
Official number: FX 617536
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1945-07-14
Aircraft: Barracuda PM 870
Place of death: Col Bheinn, Fearn, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PAISLEY (HAWKHEAD) CEMETERY - Renfrewshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section D, Grave 79
Family details: Son of James and May Y Semple, of Paisley
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman [Leading Airman (TY)]
Official number: FX 617536
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 818 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1945-07-14
Aircraft: Barracuda PM 870
Place of death: Col Bheinn, Fearn, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PAISLEY (HAWKHEAD) CEMETERY - Renfrewshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section D, Grave 79
Family details: Son of James and May Y Semple, of Paisley
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