The story
Name: D D SMITH
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 669326
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 891 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1945-08-06
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Sawell, Sperrin Mountains, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY - County Londonderry, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 20
Family details: Son of David Smith, and of Hannah Jessica Smith of Exley Head, Yorkshire. Native of Keighley, Yorkshire
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 669326
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 891 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Gannet, Eglinton
Date of death: 1945-08-06
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Sawell, Sperrin Mountains, Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: FAUGHANVALE (ST CANICE) CHURCH OF IRELAND CHURCHY - County Londonderry, Ireland
Commemoration details: Grave 20
Family details: Son of David Smith, and of Hannah Jessica Smith of Exley Head, Yorkshire. Native of Keighley, Yorkshire
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