Service Details
Name:
 MARTIN
Given Name:
 CHARLES EDWARD
Initials:
 C E
Service No:
 102970V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-05
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JF417, engine cut crashed in sea 10 miles SW of Cap Vaticano, Sicily
Decorations:
 D F C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DFC LG 3 December 1940 pg. 6861 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations."; MID LG Sup 17 March 1941 pg. 1574
Additional
Information:
Son of Noel and Matilda Martin; husband of Gladys E. B. Martin, of Strubenvale, Springs, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 277.

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