Service Details
Name:
 SERFONTEIN
Given Name:
 THEODORUS ERNEST
Initials:
 T E
Service No:
 57897
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-27
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Tiger Moth T5554 was detailed to carry out solo landing approaches at Senale forced landing ground, from 11.40 hours for 40 minutes. Tiger Moth T5552 took off for the Senale forced landing ground at 11.25 hours for 35 minutes of solo practice, and to return by 12 noon. Both aircraft collided with one another and the pilots in each aircraft were killed
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Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Gweru (Gwelo)
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Cemetery:
 GWERU CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 3. Row B. Grave 4.

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