Identity
Person No.
10254
Service No.
211348V
Last Name
First Name
Edmund Vernon
Initials
E V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 8 crew (3 RAFVR), shot down while en route to bomb the marshalling yards at Miskolc, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW261
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Coordinates
Notes
Son of Otto Christian Hopping-Mills, and of Zaidee V. Hopping-Mills, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "31 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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