Service Details
Name:
 CHERRINGTON
Given Name:
 RICHARD LAYTON
Initials:
 R L
Service No:
 207034V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-09-02
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Date of Birth:
 1922-09-03
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JF405, shot down by Bf109s, crashed in sea NE Cape Vatinco
Additional
Information:
Son of Harold and Ivy Louise (nee Whitlock) Cherrington, of Uitenhage, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Uitenhage (Jubilee Park) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 12, Column 1.

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