In Memory Of
POWELL-JONES, RICHARD LAURENCE STANLEY
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
P1/7285
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1938-04-18
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Tiger Moth #ZS-AIP. The engine stalled while the plane was in an inverted position during low level aerobatics. The plane crashed one mile SE of the Randfontein Airfield while attempting to recover.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated
Cemetery:
JOHANNESBURG AREA CEMETERY ?
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Capt. Stanley W. and Viola Powell-Jones, of Rustenburg. Instructor Pilot for Witwatersrand Technical School of Aeronautics. ref. 85 years of SAAF