Service Details
Name:
 GLYNN
Given Name:
 RICHARD WILLIAM
Initials:
 R W
Service No:
 82430414PS
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 42 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1987-09-03
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by SA-8 South of Lomba river, Angola, in Atlas AM3C Bosbok #934. During Ops Modular, was giving battery targeting information on the enemy when the Angolan brigades started shooting at the plane with SAM missiles guns. The plane was hit and crashed in a nearby field .
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Glynn. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Limpopo Province
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Cemetery:
 POLOKWANE (OR PIETERSBURG) AREA CEMETERY ?
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