Service Details
Name:
 BOYES
Given Name:
 WILLIAM DESMOND BENJAMIN
Initials:
 W D B
Service No:
 P206376
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Air Operations School Langebaanweg
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Date of Death:
 1951-01-30
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Date of Birth:
 1921-10-15
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5606, engine failure, crashed at Tooth Rock Range near Saldanha
Additional
Information:
Son of William Maddison and Jane Boyes. Born Beaufort West. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 NIGEL OLD CEMETERY
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