The story
Name: R J W BYRNE
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 77487 (C/JX 1451818)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 811 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Courageous
Date of death: 1939-09-17
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: At sea, West of Ireland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 1
Family details: Son of John and Maud Byrne of Tring, Hertfordshire
Rank: Naval Airman 1st Class
Official number: FX 77487 (C/JX 1451818)
Role: Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 811 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Courageous
Date of death: 1939-09-17
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: At sea, West of Ireland
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 1
Family details: Son of John and Maud Byrne of Tring, Hertfordshire
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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