Service Details
Name:
 ROGERSON
Given Name:
 NORMAN JOHN
Initials:
 N J
Service No:
 FAA/FX. 82785
Rank:
 Air Mechanic 1st Class
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Regiment:
 Royal Navy
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Dasher
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Date of Death:
 1943-03-27
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Date of Birth:
 1923-04-17
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in ship loss, British Navy escort aircraft carrier. Converted aircraft carrier blew up and sank in the River Clyde, Scotland between the Isle of Arran and Ardrossan. Loss of 379 lives. These were US built ships and did not have the same specifications as RN carriers, especially in regard to fire precautions. It is thought that this led to the great loss of life when aircraft fuel leaked from onboard tanks and caught fire, after it thought an aircraft crash-landed
Additional
Information:
Son of Theodore Edward Rogerson and Louisa Florence Rogerson (nee Frost), of Craighall Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. Employed with E. W. Tarry and Co.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 4, Panel 5.

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