The story
Name: D J DYER
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 582074
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 757 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Rajaliya, Puttalam, Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-01-03
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Douglas and Beatrice M Dyer of Knowle, Bristol
Rank: Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 582074
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 757 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Rajaliya, Puttalam, Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-01-03
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 7
Family details: Son of Douglas and Beatrice M Dyer of Knowle, Bristol
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