In Memory Of

FRANCIS, DEREK AUBREY WESTON

Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
P/5057V
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-10-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF & 3 RAFVR), during Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy, crashed into mountain at Valprato Soana at night in poor weather, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG875
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave I. B. 14.
Cemetery:
MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Aubrey Robert and Alice Winifred Francis, of Pietermaritizburg