Service Details
Name:
DUCHEN
Given Name:
MICHAEL
Initials:
M
Service No:
329081V
Trade:
Pilot
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
43 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1944-10-02
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Age:
23
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Spitfire VIII #JF887, crashed on landing, attempting to land after dark, with illumination provided by truck lights, at Florence Peretola airfield
Additional
Information:
Son of Max and Carrie Duchen, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
III. A. 10.

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