In Memory Of
BILSE, DENIS OSWALD
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
328283V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
216 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-06-03
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Dakota III #FD866, aircraft was being flown on a routine courier sortie but after being airborne for 2.5 hrs it was some distance off track. It was climbing through cloud when it struck the side of a mountain at a height of 5,200 feet. The Board of Enquiry commented that the radio aids were not used to assist navigation but that the pilot, who had flown over 100 hrs in the previous month was probably fatigued.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Plot E. Row D. Grave 6.
Cemetery:
LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY
Country:
Algeria
Additional Information
Son of Oswald R. and Alice M. Bilse, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
