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Identity
Person No.
38993
Service No.
4260
Last Name
First Name
Compton William David
Initials
C W D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Aircraft Accident, in Lynx F337 #4306 while a passenger, 20 miles south of Umtali. The aircraft crashed into a mountainside during a training exercise. The pilot, Rob Griffiths, survived the crash
Military Service
Rank
Aircraftman
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Unit History
Notes

ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt. Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Research notes

Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "2 Independent Company" (the specific squadron) moved to Regiment; "Rhodesian Air Force" (the force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.
6 Sep 2026: GraveRef was corrupted with the Mapai Puma 164 crash-site text ("Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2\" E31 39' 12.1\"") -- discovered while fixing that text's encoding on the genuine 17 Puma 164 casualties. This record's own DateDeath has nothing to do with that 6 Sep 1979 incident; the crash-site text does not belong here. Cleared rather than guessed -- the real GraveRef value is unknown. This record's own Cemetery/CemeteryLat/CemeteryLong were not affected and are unchanged.

Citations

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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