Service Details
Name:
 BOYD
Given Name:
 CECIL WILLIAM LOUIS
Initials:
 C W L
Service No:
 328595V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-01-23
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MH711, cockpit filled with smoke while strafing, crashed 9 miles NE of Bologna
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward and Dorothy Boyd, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. On St. Henry's College (Marist Brothers Durban) Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FORLI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VIII, C, 7.

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