Identity
Person No.
23498
Service No.
542519V
Last Name
First Name
Francis John
Initials
F J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtis Kittyhawk Mk III #5067, air collision with 5006, crashed Umkomaas. Two attempts, one in 1986 and the other in 2007, were made to retrieve the plane which may still hold some remains of the pilot. Both attempts were unsuccessful
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
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 283.
Notes
Son of Harold Henry and Marion Mable Smith, of Observatory, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Cape Town
Citations
Unknown
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