Service Details
Name:
THORNHILL-COOK
Given Name:
BASIL SEARLEY
Initials:
B S
Service No:
103420
Trade:
Pilot
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1942-06-04
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Age:
21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, missing from patrol, possibly shot down by AA, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK380
Additional
Information:
Son of Howard and Beatrice Gwendolyn Thornhill-Cook, of King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
Libya
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Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
8. F. 7.

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