Service Details
Name:
 HIRSCHFELD
Given Name:
 GEOFFREY WILLIAM
Initials:
 G W
Service No:
 103929V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-12-04
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster PD373, Airborne 16:42 on 4 Dec 1944 from Spilsby to bomb a target in Heilbronn. Mid-air collision with LM259, both aircraft crashing NW of Kleiningersheim, 18 km SSW of Heilbronn
Additional
Information:
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Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Bad Tolz, Bayern
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Cemetery:
 DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. D. 24.

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