Service Details
Name:
 HAIRE
Given Name:
 JOSEPH HENRY
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 103988
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 7 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-06
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Date of Birth:
 1919-09-05
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hurricane IIc/Trop BE553, shot down by Bf109. Possibly shot down by Gunther Steinhausen, who was credited with 40 victories, SE El Alamein
Additional
Information:
Son of William and Jessie Florence Haire, of Glenesk, Johannesburg. Born Johannesburg. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXI. B. 2.

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