Service Details
Name:
 WATSON
Given Name:
 ALFRED WILLIAM KNOX
Initials:
 A W K
Service No:
 40486
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 202 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-06-05
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Date of Birth:
 1915-04-17
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Catalina Ib AH537, failed to return from operational flight between Mount Batten and Gibraltar
Additional
Information:
Son of Alex Charles and Alice Catherine Watson (nee Knox), of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Amatikulu, Zululand. Educated Eshowe Government School. Cadet Draft 1920-30. Alfred William Knox Watson joined the British India Line as Cadet on leaving Genearl Botha, and passed his Second Mate's examination. In 1935 he joined the RAF and after gaining his wings was posted to the Coastal Command (Flying Boat) Service, where he served for some time in Malta, until the beginning of the war, when he was transferred to Gilbraltar and promoted to Lieutenant. Ex-Cadet of the South African Training Ship General Botha
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 29.

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