Service Details
Name:
 HOFFE
Given Name:
 JOHN AITKEN
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 103856V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1945-07-11
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Douglas C-47 Dakota #6812, 28 (passengers: 24 crew: 4) crashed shortly after take off into Lake Victoria
Additional
Information:
Son of John A. Hoffe and Francis J. Hoffe; husband of Daphne Florence Hoffe, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 KISUMU CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 289.

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