Service Details
Name:
BLOM
Given Name:
WREFORD DEVISME
Initials:
W D
Service No:
581737V
Trade:
Pilot
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1945-07-26
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Age:
19
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Mustang IVa KM235, after practice strafing. They flew into a cloud covered mountain top in a box valley somewhere between Trento and Lake Iseo, crashed into the mountain called Care Alto, a few remains of aircraft are still there
Additional
Information:
Son of Daniel Jacobus and the late Lily Dorothy Blom. Stepson of Winifred Mary Ann Turner Blom, of Amalinda, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
PADUA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
I. A. 4.

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