The story
Name: D BUTTERY
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86846
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 747 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nightjar, Inskip
Date of death: 1943-12-20
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: Westmorland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RUDDINGTON (ST PETER) NEW CHURCHYARD - Nottinghamshire
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 91
Family details: Son of Stanley and Gladys Hilda Buttery, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
Rank: Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 86846
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 747 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nightjar, Inskip
Date of death: 1943-12-20
Aircraft: Barracuda
Place of death: Westmorland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: RUDDINGTON (ST PETER) NEW CHURCHYARD - Nottinghamshire
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 91
Family details: Son of Stanley and Gladys Hilda Buttery, of Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
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