Service Details
Name:
 FUCHS
Given Name:
 SIGMUND
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 202884V
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 19 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-30
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Age:
 40
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Argus II FS645, crashed into cloud covered mountain near Santa Lucia/Isernia 45 minutes after take-off
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches (3 times)
Citations:
 MID LG Sup 2 June 1943 pg. 2460; 2nd MID LG Sup 14 January 1944 pg. 294; 3rd MID 14 June 1945 pg. 3030
Additional
Information:
Son of Otto and Elizabeth Catharina Fuchs. Born Riversdale, Cape Province.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. B. 20.

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