Service Details
Name:
 WESTHOFEN
Given Name:
 PHILIP CHARLES
Initials:
 P C
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 4th Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1918-04-12
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Date of Birth:
 1899-03-19
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, piloting Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 two-seat reconnaissance bomber #A4692. No. 4 Squadron was primarily tasked with low-level artillery spotting, photography, and tactical bombing. During an operational patrol, his aircraft failed to return to base. It was subsequently determined that his R.E.8 was shot down over enemy lines, killing him
Additional
Information:
Son of Wilhelm Charles and Alexandra Primrose Westhofen, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL
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