The story
Name: W A ALLEN
Rank: Temp Leading Airman / Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 957770
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 831 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1944-08-04
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: China Bay, Trincomalee, Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 22
Family details: Son of George Henry Allen and of Violet Elsie Allen, of Leicester
Rank: Temp Leading Airman / Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 957770
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 831 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1944-08-04
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: China Bay, Trincomalee, Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 22
Family details: Son of George Henry Allen and of Violet Elsie Allen, of Leicester
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