The story
Name: J B WATSON
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 394477
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 856 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-07-19
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: At sea, East of Campbeltown.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 3
Family details: Carterton, Oxford
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 394477
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 856 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-07-19
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: At sea, East of Campbeltown.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 3
Family details: Carterton, Oxford
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