Service Details
Name:
 COLLOCOTT
Given Name:
 BRUCE IVAN
Initials:
 B I
Service No:
 4123
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Air Force
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Unit:
 3 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1977-05-30
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while taking off at Mapai, Mocambique in Dakota #R3702, during Operation Aztec. Aircraft was hit by small arms and rocket fire and burst into flames.
Additional
Information:
ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated at Warren Hills

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