The story
Name: F M BATTEN
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 731 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-12-05
Aircraft: Firefly I Z 1903
Place of death: Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY, Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 26
Family details: Son of Sidney George and Janette Batten, of Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 731 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Peewit, East Haven
Date of death: 1944-12-05
Aircraft: Firefly I Z 1903
Place of death: Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY, Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 26
Family details: Son of Sidney George and Janette Batten, of Paraparaumu, Wellington, New Zealand
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