In Memory Of
VAN LELYVELD, JACOBUS PETRUS
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
778678
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
76 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1942-10-01
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Halifax W7812, on Ops to Flensbug, Germany. The aircraft was hit by flak over the target area and crashed with the loss of the whole seven crew
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 2. D. 8-10A.
Cemetery:
KIEL WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Additional Information
Son of Jacobus Petrus and Emma van Lelyveld, of Rusapi, Southern Rhodesia. Born 1921 in Umtali, Rhodesia. Educated at Umtali Boys High School between 1928 and 1937.
