Service Details
Name:
 FORD
Given Name:
 MICHAEL STRANSHAM
Initials:
 M S
Service No:
 206379
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 74 Operational Training Unit RAF
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Date of Death:
 1943-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1923-05-26
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane I W9359 ditched into the sea near Tel Aviv due to engine trouble. Despite making a good landing, the plane hit a submerged rock, resulting in his death
Additional
Information:
Son of John S. Ford and Elizabeth Ford, of Luipaardsvlei, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Krugersdorp, South Africa. His parents farmed on Fupi Farm near Sinoia (now Chinoyi, Zimbabwe) and he attended Sinoia Public School before entering St George's College, Salisbury (now Harare) from January 1935 to December 1938. He then transferred to Christian Brothers' College in Kimberley, South Africa. In 1940, he enlisted in the South African Air Force and undertook pilot training before proceeding North to the Libyan campaign in support of the 8th Army in the advance to Tunisia. On St. George's College War Memorial, Harare, Zimbabwe
Commemoration
Country:
 Israel
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Cemetery:
 RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 3. E. 8.

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