The story
Name: SM BIRD
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 711 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sussex
Date of death: 1939-11-03
Aircraft: Walrus L 2216
Place of death: South Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Ernest Arthur and Maud Bird of High Wycombe
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 711 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sussex
Date of death: 1939-11-03
Aircraft: Walrus L 2216
Place of death: South Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 1, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Ernest Arthur and Maud Bird of High Wycombe
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
Every record is a doorway to a larger story. Explore Back to Normandy to discover more, or visit Fred Vogels' personal website to learn about the person and the projects behind it.