The story
Name: J W WHITE
Rank: Naval Airman
Official number: FX 76338 (JX 138781)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1940-03-03
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4215
Place of death: Campbeltown, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CAMPBELTOWN (KILKERRAN) CEMETERY - Argyllshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Division 4, Grave 579A
Family details: Son of Thomas James White and Mabel Alice Mary White, of Bognor Regis, Sussex
Rank: Naval Airman
Official number: FX 76338 (JX 138781)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1940-03-03
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4215
Place of death: Campbeltown, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CAMPBELTOWN (KILKERRAN) CEMETERY - Argyllshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Division 4, Grave 579A
Family details: Son of Thomas James White and Mabel Alice Mary White, of Bognor Regis, Sussex
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