Service Details
Name:
 DU TOIT
Given Name:
 JOHANNES CHRISTIAAN FREDERICK
Initials:
 J C F
Service No:
 110826
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 218 (Gold Coast) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-01
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Stirling W7613, on way back to base was attacked by a German night fighter piloted by Major Gunther Radusch of Stab. II./NJG 3 at 0104 hours and is believed to have crashed into Juvre Dyb to the north west of the island of Rømø with the loss of the entire crew. Pilot F/Lt Johannes C. F. du Toit and Pilot Wing Cdr. Montagu F. B. Read were both found drifted ashore near Hvidding on 17/10 and laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 20/10.
Additional
Information:
Son of Paul Willem du Toit, and of Helena du Toit, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Denmark
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Cemetery:
 ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 AIII. 9. 20.

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