Service Details
Name:
 LEITH
Given Name:
 ROBERT BLAIKIE
Initials:
 R B
Service No:
 206137
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 44 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1942-08-31
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3415, 3 crew (2 RAF) flew into sea, while pilot looked at ship
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Leith, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 268.

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