The story
Name: R L WILCOX
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87042
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 827 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Colossus
Date of death: 1945-05-16
Aircraft: Barracuda II
Place of death: At sea, off Alexandria, Egypt
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William Langley Wilcox and Agnes Mary Ann Wilcox. Native of Bath, Somerset
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87042
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 827 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Colossus
Date of death: 1945-05-16
Aircraft: Barracuda II
Place of death: At sea, off Alexandria, Egypt
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 2
Family details: Son of William Langley Wilcox and Agnes Mary Ann Wilcox. Native of Bath, Somerset
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