Identity
Person No.
16681
Service No.
103892V
Last Name
First Name
Solomon
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, tyre burst on take-off, swung, collided with AL713 on ground, blew up at Gzina, in Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2275
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 278.
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Forest Drive Extension, Pinelands, Cape Town
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of Abraham and Rose Miller, of Johannesburg. ***Jewish
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Alamein, Memorial Column 278.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "12 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Alamein, Memorial Column 278
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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