Service Details
Name:
 RABIE
Given Name:
 SCHALK WILLIAM
Initials:
 S W
Service No:
 103970V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 10 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-23
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire Vb EP977, crashed and died while doing aerobatics at low level
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 March 1943 pg. 1362
Additional
Information:
Son of Schalk W. Rabie and Ella S. Rabie, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa. Winter War Score 9 and 1/2 share confirmed victories. Later flew in North Africa with the SAAF. Air fighting instructor from March 1943, posted to 10 Sqdn as flight commander on 2.5.44.
Commemoration
Country:
 Syria
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Cemetery:
 ALEPPO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 1. C. 4.

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