Service Details
Name:
 HANSON
Given Name:
 DESMOND MARCUS
Initials:
 D M
Service No:
 329056V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 (S.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-05-27
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk IV #FX629, presumed shot down by flak, while strafing 30 miles from Avezzano
Additional
Information:
Son of Raphael and Eveline Hanson, of Estcourt, Natal, South Africa. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 15.

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