Service Details
Name:
 FILBY
Given Name:
 JACK ERNEST
Initials:
 J E
Service No:
 42988V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-24
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Date of Birth:
 1921-08-23
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, North American P-51 Mk IVA Mustang #KH808, shot down by flak, near Padova
Additional
Information:
Son of Ernest Edward and Hilda Maud (nee Smith) Filby, of Cape Town, South Africa. Born Cape Town. Educated St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 PADUA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. A. 5.

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