Service Details
Name:
 ENGELBRECHT
Given Name:
 CORNELIUS
Initials:
 C
Service No:
 206635
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-01-13
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, missing, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #AG842. Hit by flak and then attacked by Bf-109 & C.202 when attacking Ju-52/3m on airfield. Last seen 15 km southeast of Bir Dufan # 2 L.G under control. Smoke was coming from the engine and the starboard engine had stopped. Possibly shot down by Major Muncheberg who claimed a Baltimore on this day for his 123rd kill.
Additional
Information:
Son of Johanna Magritha Isobella Droste
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 278.

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