Service Details
Name:
 COETZER
Initials:
 C J
Service No:
 542665V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-12-01
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Mustang IIIb FB275, left 1330 on armed recce of Ravenna-Padova-Vicenza area, left wing struck tree while strafing truck, crashed 13 kms south of Vicenza 1430
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Coetzer, of Melville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 PADUA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. C. 8.

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