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Identity
Person No.
16675
Service No.
47491
Last Name
Miller 63
First Name
Robert Charles Wilton
Initials
R C W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1913 (±1 yr) 376
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
06 October 1941 98
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, shot down by Bf109s near Sidi Omer, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN251
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
2 Squadron 109
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
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Miller.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "2 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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