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ARCH. S. DOTT


ARCH. S. DOTT


Archibald Sutherland Dott – age 21 – Flight Sergeant (1558249) 144 Squadron, Coastal Command, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

144 Squadron were flying Bristol Beaufighters when they arrived at RAF Davidstow Moor in Cornwall in May 1944 in preparation for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, where it was tasked with protecting the invasion forces from German E-boats. (Source: Wikipedia)

Born 1923 in Dennistoun, Glasgow. (Source: SNWM and GRoS – Birth Register)

Son of James and Ann Murdoch Dott of 78 Roslea Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow E1 and of Inchture, Perthshire. (Source: Glasgow WW2 Roll of Honour and CWGC)

Missing in Action on 13 June 1944.

Commonwealth War Grave – Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.