The story
Name: J M MARTIN
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 401581
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 772 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-01-17
Aircraft: Martinet
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Agnes Martin of Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 401581
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 772 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1944-01-17
Aircraft: Martinet
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 2
Family details: Son of Robert and Elizabeth Agnes Martin of Whithorn, Wigtownshire
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