Service Details
Name:
 THIEL
Given Name:
 GEOFFREY PAUL
Initials:
 G P
Service No:
 280236
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 12 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-05
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Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Douglas Boston MK III #Z2190, lost bomb hatch and control lost, spun into ground 2 miles West of Zuara
Additional
Information:
Son of William C. and Flora F. Thiel, of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. ***Have war diary extract
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Joint grave 12. E. 18-19.

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