Service Details
Name:
 BENDER
Given Name:
 FREDERICK HENDRIK JACOBUS
Initials:
 F H J
Service No:
 205468
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-21
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Date of Birth:
 1917-05-16
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by fighters near Mechili, crashed 46 km southwest of Bir Hacheim, in Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2225.
Additional
Information:
Son of Jan George and Evelina Johanna Wortley Bender, of Johannesburg. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 268.

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