Identity
Person No.
41013
Service No.
80801
Last Name
First Name
James Cecil Spencer
Initials
J C S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
43
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in the crash of 357 Squadron Hudson AM949 "A" at approximately 0300 on the 15th of March at position 23 degrees 44 min N, 98 deg 48 min E (near Kokang on the Burma/Siam Border). F/Lt Ponsford, died on the ground from wounds at 1000 on the 15th. The sixth and final crewman, F/O Prosser was found comatose with a fractured skull, lacerations of forehead and face, and multiple fractures of the right ankle
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
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Unit History
Notes
Son of Spencer and Lilian Ponsford; husband of Helen Ponsford, of Comrie, Perthshire. Born Cape Town, South Africa. Attended University of Glasgow Student: Science and Engineering, 1919-22
Research notes
Locality was wrongly set to "Gauteng" -- corrected 28 Aug 2026 as part of a broader systemic fix: a large batch of records (thousands, mostly DateChecked 2026-08-17 and a few other dates) were defaulted to Gauteng regardless of the person's actual origin. This record's own AddInfo places them outside South Africa entirely, so Locality is cleared rather than guessed at a specific province.
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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