Service Details
Name:
 SHIPMAN
Given Name:
 SIDNEY EGBERT
Initials:
 S E
Service No:
 99328V
Rank:
 Air Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-04
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Died of exposure, Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #TT2252, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Engine cut, lost height and crash landed near Kufra (Kufra disaster)
Additional
Information:
Son of Egbert Russell and Mary Emily Ann Shipman, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Philippolis, Orange Free State. A winding engine driver. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19.

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