The story
Name: R D SMITH
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 827 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-06-19
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 682
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Robert Sibbit Smith and Mary Alice Smith of Edinburgh
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 827 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-06-19
Aircraft: Barracuda BV 682
Place of death: At sea, off May Island
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 6
Family details: Son of Robert Sibbit Smith and Mary Alice Smith of Edinburgh
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