Service Details
Name:
DITTBERNER
Given Name:
LUDWIG PAUL
Initials:
L P
Service No:
32552V
Trade:
Pilot
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
70 Operational Training Unit
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Date of Death:
1945-02-09
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Age:
23
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, at Shandar, when two Marauders collided in mid-air, in Marauder III #HD559
Decorations:
M M
Citations:
LG Sup 11 March 1943 pg. 1177 - "For gallant and distinguished services in the field"
Additional
Information:
Son of Ludwig Robert Dittberner and Anna Louisa Woods (formerly Dittberner), of Craighall Park, Johannesburg. Born Nylstroom.
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
FAYID WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
5. C. 4.

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