Identity
Person No.
21184
Service No.
1009
Last Name
First Name
Frank
Initials
F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
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
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Major
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
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Coordinates
Awards
Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
United Kingdom
2745, 2nd MID LG Sup 24 June 1943 pg. 2867 | Son of Frank and Edith A. Rawlins; husband of Sheila M. Rawlins, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Notes
Son of Frank and Edith A. Rawlins; husband of Sheila M. Rawlins, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Citations
LG Sup 23 June 1942 pg. 2745, 2nd MID LG Sup 24 June 1943 pg. 2867
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