The story
Name: J SMEATON
Rank: Temp Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: 860 Squadron, Maydown
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1943-12-08
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 274, coded 'A'
Place of death: Carron Bridge, North of Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Monifieth (Or Barnhill) Cemetery, Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section V, Grave 146
Family details: Son of David Rennie Smeaton and Mary Agnes Smeaton, of Dundee, Scotland
Rank: Temp Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNR
Squadron: 860 Squadron, Maydown
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1943-12-08
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 274, coded 'A'
Place of death: Carron Bridge, North of Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Monifieth (Or Barnhill) Cemetery, Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section V, Grave 146
Family details: Son of David Rennie Smeaton and Mary Agnes Smeaton, of Dundee, Scotland
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