Identity
Person No.
3724
Service No.
279462V
Last Name
First Name
Frederick Richard Cloete
Initials
F R C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, tyre burst on take off, swung, destroyed Hal Far, in Douglas Boston Mk III #HK873
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of F. R. and Dora Childe, of Indwe, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. 85 years of SAAF has him as 12 Squadron
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "21 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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