In Memory Of

VOLSTEEDT, ROYLAND JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 606599V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1945-04-04
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B.VI KK302, 8 crew (1 RAF), after returning from a bombing raid on the Brescia marshalling yards in Northern Italy, Liberator collided with an RAF Wellington bomber KL355 from 70 Sqdn while circling Celone airfield to land
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XIII. B. 6.
Cemetery:
 BARI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Ernest and Gladys Volsteedt, of Anchor Bay. Born Cape Town. An apprentice in printing trade.