Identity
Person No.
14290
Service No.
188244
Last Name
First Name
Eric Lofts
Initials
E L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,738
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt
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Notes
Husband of N. Mackenzie, of Germiston.
Citations
DSO LG Sup 9 September 1942 pg. 3948, MC (with RAMC in WW1) LG Sup 1 January 1917 pg. 37
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