In Memory Of
REED, FRANCIS JOHN
Service Details
Service No:
102448
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-05-04
Cause of Death:
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7610
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
13. F. 22.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Robert William and Florence Elizabeth Reed; husband of Anna Catherine Reed, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.