The story
Name: V G W WAUGH
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 112408
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-08
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 640
Place of death: At sea, East of Leuchars, Fife
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Joseph W and Florence A Waugh of Ilford, Essex. Native of Paddington, London
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 112408
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1944-12-08
Aircraft: Barracuda LS 640
Place of death: At sea, East of Leuchars, Fife
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Joseph W and Florence A Waugh of Ilford, Essex. Native of Paddington, London
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