Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 FRANCIS JOHN
Initials:
 F J
Service No:
 542519V
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 11 Operational Training Unit
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Date of Death:
 1944-03-30
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtis Kittyhawk Mk III #5067, air collision with 5006, crashed Umkomaas. Two attempts, one in 1986 and the other in 2007, were made to retrieve the plane which may still hold some remains of the pilot. Both attempts were unsuccessful
Additional
Information:
Son of Harold Henry and Marion Mable Smith, of Observatory, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Cape Town
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 283.

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