Service Details
Name:
 WRIGHT
Given Name:
 CLIFFORD ALEXANDER
Initials:
 C A
Service No:
 329093V
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:
 1944-04-20
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Spitfire VB ER215, when it hit the sea near Lake Lesina at approximately 12:00 Hours during a practice bombing sortie . Wreckage from the aircraft washed up with two bodies one of which was believed to be Wright . They were buried by the shore but heavy seas apparently later washed the graves away
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas Alexander and Dorothea Dagmar Wright, of 39 Lawn Street, Rosettenville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 17, Column 2.

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