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Name: R N SMITH
Rank: Leading Supply Assistant
Official number: MX 59637
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 754 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-11-17
Aircraft: Proctor II D 8903
Place of death: RNAS Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Compaertment D, North Border, Grave 50
Family details: Son of Charles Heath Smith and Florence Smith, of Gloucester. Native of Leeds, Yorkshire
Rank: Leading Supply Assistant
Official number: MX 59637
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 754 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1940-11-17
Aircraft: Proctor II D 8903
Place of death: RNAS Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Compaertment D, North Border, Grave 50
Family details: Son of Charles Heath Smith and Florence Smith, of Gloucester. Native of Leeds, Yorkshire
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