Identity
Person No.
2839
Service No.
12141
Last Name
First Name
William Hubert Hart
Initials
W H H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot down by CR202 or Bf109 18 miles SE of Alamein, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AK559
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
XXXII. A. 14.
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Colin Cranstoun and Maud Annette Brown, of Somerset East, Cape Province, South Africa. Memorial window in Kingswwood College, Grahamstown. Commemoration headstone in Glen Avon Farm Cemetery
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "5 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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