Service Details
Name:
 ROSENSTEIN
Given Name:
 ERNEST WILLY
Initials:
 E W
Service No:
 328895V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 185 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-04-02
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire IX MH892, burst into flames at start of bombing dive, no Flak seen, crashed NW Parma. Aircraft caught alight during bombing dive and was seen to explode 150 yards east of target Methane Gas Station
Additional
Information:
Son of Willy and Hedwig Rosenstein, of Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 MILAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V. A. 5.

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