Service Details
Name:
KRUGER
Given Name:
MICHIEL COENRAAD FREDERICK DU PLOOY
Initials:
M C F D P
Service No:
329217V
Trade:
Obs.
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1944-10-13
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Age:
29
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG875, 8 crew (1 RAF and 3 RAFVR), during Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy, crashed into mountain at Valprato Soana at night in poor weather
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Lucas and Aletta Johanna Kruger. Husband of Rachel Margaritha Kruger, of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Benoni.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
MILAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
Coll. grave I. B. 14.

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