D659  HENRY LONGFIELD BEATTY

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D659 Henry Longfield BEATTY Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. (half brother to naval hero, Lord Beatty) Born 1901 at Bilton, Warwickshire to David Longfield and Anita Georgina Edith Beatty nee Studdy. Killed 15 February 1935 at San Filippo, Sicily in the crash of a Short Singapore III (K3595), in charge of No.210 Squadron, being delivered to No.205 Squadron, crashed into mountainside near Messina in bad weather. This was one of four aircraft which had left Pembroke Dock on 15 January 1935 en route to Singapore .
Wills and Admin, Ancestry - His residence in England was Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire. Died on date and place stated. His effects went to Anita Edith Lett, wife of Harold Arthur Lett. 1901 census shows his father retired army Captain, now land owner.
At rest in Plot D Grave 659 Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta.

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