Identity
Person No.
28735
Service No.
581671V
Last Name
First Name
Ronald Albert
Initials
R A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF & 4 RAFVR), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW235
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Forest Drive Extension, Pinelands, Cape Town
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of Nathan and Florrie Wittenberg, of Cape Town, South Africa. ***Jewish
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Budapest War Cemetery Collective Grave I. C. 4-10.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "34 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Budapest War Cemetery Collective Grave I. C. 4-10
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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