Service Details
Name:
 BOUCHET
Given Name:
 CECIL THOMAS TOBIAS
Initials:
 C T T
Service No:
 87524
Rank:
 Wing Commander
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 512 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-11-14
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Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Douglas Dakota III (DC-3) KG598, Dakota crew were executing a go around at RAF El Adem when erroneously the flaps were raised instead of the undercarriage. The pilot lost control and the aircraft crashed and caught fire
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 1 January 1943 pg. 37
Additional
Information:
Son of Edouard Tobias and Katherine Bouchet; husband of Gwendoline Alice Bouchet, of Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 9. D. 7.

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