In Memory Of
WESSELS, LOUIS THEODORUS
Service Details
Age:
21
Service No:
104019
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-05-04
Cause of Death:
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7610
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wessels, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa.