Service Details
Name:
 TOOMBS
Given Name:
 DESMOND YOUNG
Initials:
 D Y
Service No:
 102489
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 22 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-15
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Date of Birth:
 1917-01-17
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6069, hit tree on take-off, stalled at Mtubatuba
Additional
Information:
Son of Christopher and Sarah-Ann Charlotte Toombs, of East Rand. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 BOKSBURG CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 C. of E. Sec. OB. Grave 123.

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