In Memory Of
WRIGHT, CLIFFORD ALEXANDER
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
329093V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
3 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-04-20
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Spitfire VB ER215, when it hit the sea near Lake Lesina at approximately 12:00 Hours during a practice bombing sortie . Wreckage from the aircraft washed up with two bodies one of which was believed to be Wright . They were buried by the shore but heavy seas apparently later washed the graves away
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 17, Column 2.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Alexander and Dorothea Dagmar Wright, of 39 Lawn Street, Rosettenville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
