Service Details
Name:
 DUCKITT
Given Name:
 HENRY VAN BREDA
Initials:
 H V B
Service No:
 103141V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-06-03
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-06-04
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down while attacking German supply ships in Iraklion harbour, Crete, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW197
Additional
Information:
Son of Frederick J. and Grace B. Duckitt, of Darling, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 281.

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