In Memory Of
WHAITS, CHARLES ALBERT
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1914-06-24
Service No:
103316
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
2 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-10-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 over Bir Sheferzen, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK551. He had just survived a plane crash two days earlier at Sidi Haneish.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
13. C. 7.
Cemetery:
HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Frank and Hester Johanna Whaits; husband of Heriminna Susanna Whaits, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His father Frank Whaits also died on service
