Service Details
Name:
 DE VILLIERS
Given Name:
 PAUL
Initials:
 P
Service No:
 89112
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 97 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-07-30
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster EE172, (Operation Gomorrah) was attacked by a German night-fighter and crashed near Wohnste, south-west of Hamburg. All the crew died in the crash
Additional
Information:
Son of Dr. J. H. and Mrs. Marie de Villiers, of Newtimber-Newlands. An employee of Shell Company, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. Attended Diocesan College 1917-23
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Soltau, Niedersachsen
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Cemetery:
 BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
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