Service Details
Name:
 SMIT
Given Name:
 JACOB LETTERSTIED
Initials:
 J L
Service No:
 778643
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-24
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Beaufort I L4459, aircraft seen to spin into the sea 10 mile south west of Girvan
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smit, of Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia. Rhodes Scholar.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 93.

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