Service Details
Name:
 POTGIETER
Given Name:
 JOHN WITHYCOMBE
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 98509V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-02-21
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by flak Dogna, in North American P-51 Mk III Mustang #HB947
Additional
Information:
Son of Gysbert Frederick and Myra Surrage Potgieter, of 87, Garden Street, Turffontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 UDINE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 IV. B. 3.
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