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Identity
Person No.
29619
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Brown 132
First Name
Douglas
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 599
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,510
Unit
12 Sqdn. 179
Death Record
Date of Death
17 August 1950 138
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,519
Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7391, during low flying crashed near Umfolozi
Grave Reference
Not in West Park 4
Location
Country
South Africa 18,398
Locality
Gauteng 9,441
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG AREA CEMETERY ? 39
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Louis Maurice and Dorys Brown, of Kent Avenue, Ferndale, Johannesburg. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Citation
Unknown
External Source

OMISSIONS: 17 JULY. AT-6 Harvard #7391 crash near Umfolozi/Mtubatuba; often commemorated 17 Jul 1950 (crash/anniversary); SAWGP/ROH DateDeath remains 1950-08-17. Unauthorised low-level flying/aerobatics. War In Angola Parameter=3574. https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-17-july/ (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #29619

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=29619&pdf=1

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