The story
Name: F J SHAW
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 79970
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 887 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1942-08-02
Aircraft: Martlet
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Matthew and Ann Shaw; husband of Iris Gwedoline Shaw of Brixton, London. Native of Mansfield
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 79970
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 887 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1942-08-02
Aircraft: Martlet
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Matthew and Ann Shaw; husband of Iris Gwedoline Shaw of Brixton, London. Native of Mansfield
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