Service Details
Name:
 AIREY
Given Name:
 WALTER RICHARD
Initials:
 W R
Service No:
 4272
Rank:
 Air Sub-Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1974-04-04
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Date of Birth:
 1951-10-01
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Air Operations in Canberra B2 #R2514, north of Musengedzi Mission. 96 x 20lb fragmentation bombs exploded beneath the aircraft as they were dropped, destroying the aircraft and crew
Additional
Information:
Born at Tunbridge-Wells, United Kingdom. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated

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