Service Details
Name:
 MOUTON
Given Name:
 JACOBUS ANDREAS
Initials:
 J A
Service No:
 103342V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-29
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Date of Birth:
 1917-07-23
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG970. Major Mouton was killed together with mid-upper gunner Lieutenant Bunce during a mission to bomb the oil storage tanks on the northbank of Danube at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest on 28th June 1944. Bomber B-24 E 970F was hit by nightfighters. Mouton and Bunce were killed, the rest of the crew managed to bail out and became Prisoners-of-War.
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG 23 July 1943 pg. 3327 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
Additional
Information:
Son of Colonel W. J. Mouton, D.S.O., D.T.D., E.D. and Mrs. Mouton.
Commemoration
Country:
 Bulgaria
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Cemetery:
 SOFIA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. A. 10.

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