The story
Name: C L SMEATHERS
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: P/JX 135213
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-24
Aircraft: Walrus L 2316
Place of death: At sea, Fair Isle Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Native of Leicester
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: P/JX 135213
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 700 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1940-04-24
Aircraft: Walrus L 2316
Place of death: At sea, Fair Isle Channel
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 3
Family details: Native of Leicester
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