The story
Name: D READ
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 113680
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1944-04-26
Aircraft: Skua II L 2951
Place of death: At sea, West of Stromness, Orkney Islands
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Richard and Annie Read of Crook, Westmorland. Native of Frontbeck, Westmorland
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 113680
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1944-04-26
Aircraft: Skua II L 2951
Place of death: At sea, West of Stromness, Orkney Islands
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Richard and Annie Read of Crook, Westmorland. Native of Frontbeck, Westmorland
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