Identity
Person No.
26543
Service No.
313636V
Last Name
First Name
Philip Daniel
Initials
P D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed, in Bristol Beaufighter, off west coast of Greece
Military Service
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 Jacobus de Wet van den Berg and Johanna Hendrika van den Berg, of Killarney, P. O. Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Barkly East District. A farmer. Commemoration stone in Maclear Cemetery
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "16 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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