Identity
Person No.
2493
Service No.
206784V
Last Name
First Name
Douwe Brandsma
Initials
D B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF & 1 RAFVR), shot down on return flight after successful supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EV941
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Jacobus G. J. Brandsma and Martha A. Brandsma, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Commerative headstone in Pietermaritzburg Cemetery
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "31 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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Unknown
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