Service Details
Name:
 WALTERS
Given Name:
 DANIEL DE WAAL
Initials:
 D D W
Service No:
 542244V
Trade:
 Nav.
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 48 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-02-22
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, crew of a Hudson bomber of the South African Air Force and their two R.A.F. passengers, were killed when their aircraft failed to clear the 1820 metres eastern wall of the Serra da Estrela at the Penta da Gato
Additional
Information:
Son of Daniel de Waal and Georgina Henrietta Walters, of Woodstock, Cape Province, South Africa. Husband of Doris Eileen (nee O'Connell) Walters, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. Born Porterville. A mechanical engineer by trade
Commemoration
Country:
 Portugal
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Cemetery:
 LORIGA CEMETERY
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