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Identity
Person No.
22984
Service No.
99328V
Last Name
Shipman 2
First Name
Sidney Egbert
Initials
S E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 423
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
15 Sqdn. 109
Death Record
Date of Death
04 May 1942 119
Cause of Death
Died of exposure 19
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Engine cut, lost height and crash landed near Kufra (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #TT2252
Grave Reference
Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19. 8
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438
Coordinates
32.09586, 23.71913
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Egbert Russell and Mary Emily Ann Shipman, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. His brother also died on service

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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