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J W BYRES — Fleet Air Arm

1946-07-12 · 3'NNW Blackpool · United Kingdom

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Name: J W BYRES
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Blackcap, Stretton
Date of death: 1946-07-12
Aircraft: Seafire XVIII SX 315
Place of death: 3'NNW Blackpool
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: APPLETON THORN (ST CROSS) CHURCHYARD - Cheshire
Commemoration details: Row S 1, Grave 4
Family details: Son of James Watt Byres and Janet Davidson Byres of Aberdeen

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