Service Details
Name:
 BOYD
Given Name:
 WILLIAM BRIAN
Initials:
 W B
Service No:
 103797
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 47 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1942-08-15
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #1999, 3 crew (2 RAF) port engine detached in flight, aircraft broke up crashed 18 miles from Burgersdorp
Additional
Information:
Son of Percival Napolean and Edith Florence Boyd, of Esplande, Durban; husband of Helen Brown Boyd, of Esplande, Durban. Born Pietermaritizburg. A bank official.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 QUEENSTOWN CEMETERY (EASTERN CAPE)
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Grave Reference:
 Sec.J. Grave 9.

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