Service Details
Name:
 LAING
Given Name:
 RUSSEL EROL
Initials:
 R E
Service No:
 205715V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-02
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Date of Birth:
 1923-01-08
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JK674, shot down by flak, seen to spin in, Sulmona area
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Samuel and Mabel Christina Laing, of Apex Station, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Pretoria
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IX. H. 6.

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