The story
Name: R A BIRD
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 794 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1946-04-10
Aircraft: Seafire
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 6
Family details: Son of George H and Ethel Mary Bird; husband of Rita Bird of Ashtead, Surrey
Rank: Acting Lieutenant-Commander
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 794 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1946-04-10
Aircraft: Seafire
Place of death: At sea
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 6, Panel 6
Family details: Son of George H and Ethel Mary Bird; husband of Rita Bird of Ashtead, Surrey
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