Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 LOUIS CECIL
Initials:
 L C
Service No:
 P/102722
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-06-17
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Date of Birth:
 1919-09-04
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by Bf110s 10 miles West of Gambut, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK519.
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 18 September 1942 pg. 4061 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
Additional
Information:
Son of Theunis Christoffel and Anna Aletta Sophia Botha, of Geduld, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Springs (Geduld) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 24. E. 7.

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