The story
Name: J McILWRAITH
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vindex
Date of death: 1944-05-11
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 121, coded 'C' (or 'M')
Place of death: Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of James and May McIlwraith of Filton, Gloucestershire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vindex
Date of death: 1944-05-11
Aircraft: Swordfish NF 121, coded 'C' (or 'M')
Place of death: Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 6
Family details: Son of James and May McIlwraith of Filton, Gloucestershire
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