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Name: B T WHITEHEAD
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 237126
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-10-10
Aircraft: Swordfish l W 5968
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Whitehead. Native of Towcester, Northamptonshire.
Rank: Temp Acting Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FAA/JX 237126
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-10-10
Aircraft: Swordfish l W 5968
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Whitehead. Native of Towcester, Northamptonshire.
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