Service Details
Name:
 GEATER
Given Name:
 HOWARD ALBERT
Initials:
 H A
Service No:
 206121V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 3 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-04-16
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane IIc KW931, while carrying out night flying training at Derna. While attempting a forced landing, his Hurricane appeared to stall, rolled over and nose dived into the ground on the Derna Airfield in Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of George A. and Elsie L. Geater, of Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 6. A. 27.

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