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Name: D J O'L SHORTT
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant(A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Macaw
Date of death: 1946-03-11
Aircraft: Firefly l MB 672
Place of death: RNAS Rattray
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: ST. FERGUS OLD CHURCHYARD, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section C, Grave 53
Family details: Son of Adam Jerrold Shortt and Gwendoline Shortt, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant(A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RCNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Macaw
Date of death: 1946-03-11
Aircraft: Firefly l MB 672
Place of death: RNAS Rattray
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: ST. FERGUS OLD CHURCHYARD, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section C, Grave 53
Family details: Son of Adam Jerrold Shortt and Gwendoline Shortt, of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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