Service Details
Name:
 GRAAFF
Given Name:
 DEWHURST
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 160154
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Flying Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-07
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I ME859 KM-S, took off Dunholme Lodge at 22.33 hrs. to bomb the flying bomb storage site at St-Leu. Bombing was reported as accurate resulting in the blocking of the entrance tunnels and the approach roads. Crashed at Equennes-Eramecourt, Somme
Additional
Information:
Son of Hendrik Christian and Lucy Jane Graaff, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. His brother Stafford also died on service.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 EQUENNES CHURCHYARD
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave.

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