Service Details
Name:
 CONNELL
Given Name:
 ROBERT EMMET
Initials:
 R E
Service No:
 102832V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 29 Operational Training Unit
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Date of Death:
 1944-02-18
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6111, 4 crew (2 RN), crashed on take off bad trim setting
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 1 January 1943 pg. 42
Additional
Information:
Son of Robert and Sarah M. Connell, of Johannesburg; husband of D. E. Connell, of Strand, Cape Province.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 R.C. Church Sec. Grave 145.

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