The story
Name: H L BYATT
Rank: Temp Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-03-23
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5840
Place of death: At sea, near May Island
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Arthur Reginald and Anne MacDougall Byatt of Inverness, Scotland
Rank: Temp Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 785 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1943-03-23
Aircraft: Swordfish W 5840
Place of death: At sea, near May Island
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Arthur Reginald and Anne MacDougall Byatt of Inverness, Scotland
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