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Identity
Person No.
4461
Service No.
778188
Last Name
First Name
Joseph John
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Lancaster R5748, took off on 26 July 1942 at 2330, a bombing raid over the city of Hamburg in Germany. The aircraft was shot down over Friesland by the German night fighter Lt. Lothar Linke, 11./NJG1, after that it crashed in Opeinde at 0205. In the crash, four crew members got killed
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Alfred John and Ann Frances Cooper, of Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project