Service Details
Name:
 HUMPHREY
Given Name:
 CHRISTOPHER MAUNDER
Initials:
 C M
Service No:
 608462
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 RAF Wildenrath
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Date of Death:
 1972-01-12
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Date of Birth:
 1943-04-26
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died in air crash, the pilot took off to demonstrate the handling characteristics of the Harrier to a party of Swiss officials. Immediately after take-off he entered cloud and presumably having decided to execute a wing over, he emerged from the cloud in a very steep dive. Although he ejected, the seat was carried into the side of a building and the pilot did not survive.
Additional
Information:
Of Chingola, Northern Rhodesia
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Oxfordshire
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Cemetery:
 OXFORD (WOLVERCOTE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. L, Grave 84

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