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D E SMITH — Fleet Air Arm

1941-10-02 · River Tay, Dundee, Scotland. · United Kingdom

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Name: D E SMITH
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 751 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1941-10-02
Aircraft: Walrus W 2753
Place of death: River Tay, Dundee, Scotland.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 2, Panel 7
Family details: Son of William Edward and Elizabeth Catherine Smith of Nutley, Sussex

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