Service Details
Name:
 LENS
Given Name:
 ANTON
Initials:
 A
Service No:
 206321
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 183 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-02-22
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Typhoon IB MN941, crashed in flames after being hit by flak. Based out of Gilze Rijen, Southern Netherlands at the time and flying in support of US offensive in the Ardennes
Additional
Information:
Son of Wynand and Cornelia Lens, of Utrecht, Natal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 285.

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