Service Details
Name:
 GRAAFF
Given Name:
 STAFFORD
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 777668
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1941-09-12
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden I P1323, crashed when the pilot was undertaking his first night solo. The aircraft crashed at Slade Farm, Northbrook
Additional
Information:
Son of Hendrik Christian and Lucy Jane Graaff, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. His brother Dewhurst also died on service.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 EXETER HIGHER CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. Z.K. Grave 44.

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