Service Details
Name:
 HOLLAND
Given Name:
 CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
Initials:
 C T
Service No:
 80116
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-14
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Date of Birth:
 1920-03-29
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster W4169, target Focke-Wulf aircraft factories in Bremen, Germany, shot down by Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer (III./NJG 1) flying a Messerschmitt Bf110 night-fighter, crashed at Emst Holland
Additional
Information:
Son of John Southern Holland and Joan Holland, of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia; husband of Dorah Gwendolynn Holland. Entered Milner House in September, 1934. After leaving Plumtree in August 1937, he worked at Umtali as a clerk and apprentice auctioneer. He attested in the R.A.F. in July 1940, and proceeded overseas for training. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Netherlands
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Cemetery:
 EPE GENERAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 2. Row 10. Grave 622.

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