The story
Name: H W SMITH
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 96071
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 817 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1945-06-05
Aircraft: Barracuda II MD 754
Place of death: Nigg Bay Bombing Range, Near Fearn, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND) - Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 228
Family details: Son of Harold Smith, and of Sarah Elizabeth Smith, of Sherwood, Nottingham. Native of East Kirkby, Nottinghamshire
Rank: Acting Petty Officer Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 96071
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 817 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Owl, Fearn
Date of death: 1945-06-05
Aircraft: Barracuda II MD 754
Place of death: Nigg Bay Bombing Range, Near Fearn, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND) - Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section B, Grave 228
Family details: Son of Harold Smith, and of Sarah Elizabeth Smith, of Sherwood, Nottingham. Native of East Kirkby, Nottinghamshire
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