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Name: D H TAIT
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-10-10
Aircraft: Swordfish l W 5968
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of William and Rose Josephine Tait, of Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand. Native of Greenhills, Southland, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-10-10
Aircraft: Swordfish l W 5968
Place of death: English Channel
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of William and Rose Josephine Tait, of Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand. Native of Greenhills, Southland, New Zealand.
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