Identity
Person No.
1420
Service No.
328419V
Last Name
First Name
Philip August
Initials
P A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Lancaster NG145, Airborne 16:30 on 4 Dec 1944 from East Kirkby to bomb a target in Heilbronn. Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter (at 19:33 by Oblt. Peter Spoden of II./NJG 6) and crashed at Oberstenfeld, 15 km SSE of Heilbronn
Military Service
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Notes
Son of August Carl Otto and Alice Jane Elizabeth Becker, of Macleantown, Cape Province. Husband of Anne Becker, of "Thorn Park", King Williams' Town. Commemoration stone in Macleantown Cemetery.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "57 (R.A.F.) Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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