The story
Name: P W CHERRY
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 96890
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 752 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1944-01-07
Aircraft: Proctor I
Place of death: Trinidad
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT OF SPAIN (ST JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Western Portion, Grave 80
Family details: Son of Stanley V and Thirza Ann Cherry, of Sherwood, Nottingham
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: FX 96890
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 752 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1944-01-07
Aircraft: Proctor I
Place of death: Trinidad
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: PORT OF SPAIN (ST JAMES) MILITARY CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Western Portion, Grave 80
Family details: Son of Stanley V and Thirza Ann Cherry, of Sherwood, Nottingham
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