Service Details
Name:
 WHAITS
Given Name:
 CHARLES ALBERT
Initials:
 C A
Service No:
 103316
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-10-12
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Date of Birth:
 1914-06-24
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 over Bir Sheferzen, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK551. He had just survived a plane crash two days earlier at Sidi Haneish.
Additional
Information:
Son of Frank and Hester Johanna Whaits; husband of Heriminna Susanna Whaits, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His father Frank Whaits also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 13. C. 7.

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