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Identity
Person No.
10999
Service No.
47806
Last Name
James 47
First Name
Michael Ernest Joseph
Initials
M E J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 581
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
07 April 1941 123
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident, flew into mountain in cloud, in Fairey Battle Mk I #906
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
11 Squadron 30
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 245. 43
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 245.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Edmund M. and Mary Julia James, of Belgravia, Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A clerk

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "11 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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