In Memory Of

HOUSEMAN, ERIC FREDERICK

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 581301V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1675 Heavy Conversion Unit
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1945-07-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Liberator B.VI EV817. Aircraft climbed to a height of 500 ft. immediately after taking off. It then began to lose height, before climbing again. What followed was the aircraft then made a steep diving turn to port, from which it crashed and then destroyed by fire. The cause of the erratic flying was not positively determined but may have been a faulty artificial horizon or simply poor instrument flying
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2. E. 11.
Cemetery:
 MOASCAR WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Attended Glenwood High School, Durban