The story
Name: R V SMITH
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: 789 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Afrikander, Simonstown, South Africa
Date of death: 1942-07-27
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane V 6944
Place of death: Simon's Bay, South Africa
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 7
Family details: Son of William and Dora Smith; husband of Frances E Smith of Belfast, N. Ireland
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: 789 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Afrikander, Simonstown, South Africa
Date of death: 1942-07-27
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane V 6944
Place of death: Simon's Bay, South Africa
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 7
Family details: Son of William and Dora Smith; husband of Frances E Smith of Belfast, N. Ireland
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