Service Details
Name:
 VAN HEERDEN
Given Name:
 MICHAEL BOLLEURS
Initials:
 M B
Service No:
 110124
Trade:
 Obs.
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-18
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hudson III V9032, air crash, at Quarry Farm, Ingleby Barwick, Middlesbrough. The crew of this aircraft were to undertake a training flight, the aircraft stalled soon after take off and then crashed into Quarry Farm, Ingleby Barwick. Along with the five airmen in the aircraft, four civilians in the house also were killed, two other children escaped with injuries
Additional
Information:
Son of William Jacobus and Matilda Letitia (nee Weber) van Heerden, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Yorkshire
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Cemetery:
 THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot O. Row O. Grave 11.

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