Service Details
Name:
 CAPSTICK
Given Name:
 JOSEPH WILLIAM
Initials:
 J W
Service No:
 103110V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-10
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-09-11
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 8 crew (2 RAFVR), shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter after laying mines in the River Danube near Gyor, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW205
Additional
Information:
Son of Joseph W. and Mary K. Capstick, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Joan Ethel Capstick, of Mount Edgecombe, Natal.
Commemoration
Country:
 Czech Republic
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Cemetery:
 PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave II. A. 4-10.

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