Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 ERIC
Initials:
 E
Service No:
 103361
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-02
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #ET903, hit by P-40 of 66th FS 57FG USAAF from behind while taxying LG97
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry J. and Elizabeth Smith, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXXIII. D. 22.

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