In Memory Of

NEL, CHARLES PAUL

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 1923-04-25
Service No:
 206556V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-10-12
Date of Death 2:
 1944-10-13
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B.VI KG999, 8 crew (1 RAF and 5 RAFVR), took off from Celone, Italy, for Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy, north of Turin at night in poor weather. The weather conditions were very poor with 10/10 cloud cover and the aircraft crashed into the mountains above Ala di Stura. At the time of the crash there was no reported flak or air opposition
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave V. C. 1-8.
Cemetery:
 MILAN WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Louis Leopold Leonard and Catherine Elizabeth Nel, of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Oudtshoorn.