Service Details
Name:
 HOWITSON
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 47837
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 3 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-04-24
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hawker Hurricane Mk I #282, shot down by ground fire near Jimma
Additional
Information:
Son of John R. and Susie Howitson, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Ethiopia
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Cemetery:
 ADDIS ABABA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. A. 16.

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