Service Details
Name:
 VAN ZYL
Given Name:
 EDWARD ALFRED
Initials:
 E A
Service No:
 205895V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-11-22
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF & 4 RAFVR), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW235
Additional
Information:
Son of Alfred Edward and Bessie Ellen van Zyl, of Knapdaar, Burghersdorp, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Hungary
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Cemetery:
 BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave I. C. 4-10.

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