The story
Name: W E WAY
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 82909 (FAA/JX 223661)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-07-23
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4365, coded 'F'
Place of death: North Africa
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 3
Family details: Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Ann Way of Llanharan, Glamorgan, Wales
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 82909 (FAA/JX 223661)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-07-23
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4365, coded 'F'
Place of death: North Africa
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 3
Family details: Son of William Henry and Elizabeth Ann Way of Llanharan, Glamorgan, Wales
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