Service Details
Name:
 RAPP
Given Name:
 LIONEL WILLIAM
Initials:
 L W
Service No:
 206068
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-07-11
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AN225, missing from escorting Bostons SW of El Alamein. Possibly shot down by Hans-Arnold "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, who was credited with 59 victories, SW El Alamein
Additional
Information:
Son of William D. and Mabel B. Rapp, of Cape Town, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXXI. B. 12.

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