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Identity
Person No.
33128
Service No.
2621760
Last Name
First Name
Nigel Peter
Initials
N P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV792, Crashed after a technical defect, an uncontrolled roll developed, when coming into a hover approach at RAF Gütersloh, West Germany. The subsequently RAF/MoD Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the crash to failure of an aileron control linkage rod. The pilot ejected at 100 feet AGL, and 80-90 degrees of bank, but was killed
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
Citation
DFC LG 15 February 1946 pg. 962 - "In recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"; MID LG Sup 1 January 1946 pg. 129
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project