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L F WATTS — Fleet Air Arm

1944-05-30 · At sea, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. · United Kingdom

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Name: L F WATTS
Rank: Temp Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 113694
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nightjar, Inskip
Date of death: 1944-05-30
Aircraft: Swordfish HS 657
Place of death: At sea, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire.
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 3
Family details: Son of Francis William and Charlotte Watts. Native of South Marylebone, London

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