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
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
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
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Frank and Edith A. Rawlins; husband of Sheila M. Rawlins, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal.
Citation
LG Sup 23 June 1942 pg. 2745, 2nd MID LG Sup 24 June 1943 pg. 2867
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project