Service Details
Name:
 METH
Given Name:
 FRANZ CARSTEN DIEDRICH
Initials:
 F C D
Service No:
 206618
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-23
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Date of Birth:
 1922-05-31
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #2149, failed to recover from spin near Pretoria
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Meth and Kate Grace Gaskell, of Lusikisiki, Eastern Pondoland. Born Flagstaff. Educated Lusikisiki, Pondoland; Cadet Draft 1936-7. After leaving General Botha Franz Carsten Diedrich Meth joined the Bank Line. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRAAMFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Gen. Sec. Grave 25592.

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