Service Details
Name:
 SPIES
Given Name:
 WILFRED RUDOLF
Initials:
 W R
Rank:
 Air Cadet
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1953-12-15
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5637, crashed near Wonderboom Airfield
Additional
Information:
Son of Willem Spies and Wilhelmina Carolina Spies (nee Wagenaar). ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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