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Identity
Person No.
23912
Service No.
542753V
Last Name
Spruyt 5
First Name
Johannes Retief Meiring
Initials
J R M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1918 (±1 yr) 639
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,519
Unit
31 Sqdn. 101
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
07 August 1944 96
Cause code
KIA 14,311
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,231
Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnämager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144
Location
Country
Hungary 20
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY 20
Grave Reference
Coll. grave III. D. 1-7. 7
Coordinates
47.60082, 18.95696
Notes

Son of Johannes and Esther Spruyt, of Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa.

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