In Memory Of

RABIE, SCHALK WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 103970V
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 10 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-06-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire Vb EP977, crashed and died while doing aerobatics at low level
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 1. C. 4.
Cemetery:
 ALEPPO WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Syria
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 March 1943 pg. 1362
Son of Schalk W. Rabie and Ella S. Rabie, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Winter War Score 9 and 1/2 share confirmed victories. Later flew in North Africa with the SAAF. Air fighting instructor from March 1943, posted to 10 Sqdn as flight commander on 2.5.44.