The story
Name: R PEARSON
Rank: Naval Airman / Able Seaman
Official number: P/JX 145547
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. St Angelo
Date of death: 1940-08-14
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9741
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire
Commemoration details: Panel 39, Column 1
Family details: Son of Arthur and Gerty Pearson, of Buckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Native of Droxford.
Rank: Naval Airman / Able Seaman
Official number: P/JX 145547
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. St Angelo
Date of death: 1940-08-14
Aircraft: Swordfish L 9741
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire
Commemoration details: Panel 39, Column 1
Family details: Son of Arthur and Gerty Pearson, of Buckland, Portsmouth, Hampshire. Native of Droxford.
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