In Memory Of
FILBY, JACK ERNEST
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1921-08-23
Service No:
42988V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
5 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1945-04-24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, North American P-51 Mk IVA Mustang #KH808, shot down by flak, near Padova
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. A. 5.
Cemetery:
PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
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
