Service Details
Name:
 KLEYNHANS
Given Name:
 CORNELIUS WILLIAM
Initials:
 C W
Service No:
 778837
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 207 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-09
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster ED554, target Duisburg, Germany, shot down by Oberfeltwebel Heinz Vinke (IV./NJG 1), flying a night-fighter
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Kleynhans, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Iris Nancy Kleynhans, of Louth, Lincolnshire.
Commemoration
Country:
 Netherlands
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Cemetery:
 AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 69. Row C. Coll. grave 2.

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