Service Details
Name:
 ADCOCK
Given Name:
 CHARLES HENRY
Initials:
 C H
Service No:
 102252
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 11 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-09
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Blenheim IV Z7896, shot down by Zeros. Took off to bomb a Japanese Aircraft carrier. On return the formation ran into 60 Japanese fighters returning from escorting a raid on Ceylon. The fomration was attacked and a half hour battle resulted. Four of the aircraft were shot down
Additional
Information:
Son of Edwin John and Charlotte May Adcock; stepson of Mrs. G. E. Adcock, of Ladysmith, Cape Province, South Africa. Remembered on Diocesan College Roll of Honour. He attended Diocesan College 1929-37.
Commemoration
Country:
 Singapore
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Cemetery:
 SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 423.

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