Service Details
Name:
 KLEYN
Given Name:
 PHILIP HORATIO
Initials:
 P H
Service No:
 48075
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 16 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-12
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Two Marylands attacked aircraft on the airfield at Ivato (Tananarive). One of the aircraft, flown by Lt Neil Ross, was hit by ground fire and sadly the navigator; Lt P Kleyn, was killed. As there was no army chaplain available, Col Melville read the burial service at the funeral
Decorations:
 D F M
Citations:
 LG Sup 30 January 1942 pg. 503 - "This airman was first employed as an air gunner and afterwards as observer, acting as such without previous training or attending a recognised observer's course. Nevertheless, his navigation has been good and his bomb aiming beyond reproach. Air Sgt. Kleyn has been on active service since May, 1940, and throughout he has set a worthy example."
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan Hendrik Frouenfelder and Johanna Gertuida Kleyn. Born Hillside, Goudini, Caledon. A clerk
Commemoration
Country:
 Madagascar
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Cemetery:
 DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. L. 2.

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