Service Details
Name:
 OTTY
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JAMES (BILLY)
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 542731V
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 25 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1944-03-16
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7241, stalled at low altitude after bombing and crashed at bombing range
Additional
Information:
Son of William Denby and May Otty, of Vereeniging, Transvaal. Born Orange Free State. A university student
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 DUNDEE CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot C of E. Grave 1759.

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