The story
Name: W H BETTS
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/SFX 828
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 819 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatston
Date of death: 1942-03-13
Aircraft: Swordfish I W 5923, coded 'C'
Place of death: Scapa Flow
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/SFX 828
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 819 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatston
Date of death: 1942-03-13
Aircraft: Swordfish I W 5923, coded 'C'
Place of death: Scapa Flow
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 2
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