Service Details
Name:
 BUCH
Given Name:
 HAROLD JULIUS
Initials:
 H J
Service No:
 47577V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-12-31
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, engine seen to smoke during dive on target, failed to return, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JK973
Additional
Information:
Son of Max and Annie E. Buch, of Cape Town, South Africa. His brother also died in service. ***Jewish
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. C. 13.

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