The story
Name: W J PANGBOURNE
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 806 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1941-11-20
Aircraft: Hurricane I V 7858
Place of death: North Africa
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Wilfrid Walter and Agnes May Pangbourne of Swanage, Dorset
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 806 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1941-11-20
Aircraft: Hurricane I V 7858
Place of death: North Africa
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Wilfrid Walter and Agnes May Pangbourne of Swanage, Dorset
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