In Memory Of
COHEN, PHILIP
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
1914-06-16
Service No:
311995V
Rank:
Captain
Regiment:
South African Medical Corps
Former Regiment:
attd. 30 Road Construction Coy. South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
1944-06-03
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Dakota III #FD866, aircraft was being flown on a routine courier sortie but after being airborne for 2.5 hrs it was some distance off track. It was climbing through cloud when it struck the side of a mountain at a height of 5,200 feet. The Board of Enquiry commented that the radio aids were not used to assist navigation but that the pilot, who had flown over 100 hrs in the previous month was probably fatigued.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Plot E. Row C. Grave 33.
Cemetery:
LE PETIT LAC CEMETERY
Country:
Algeria
Additional Information
Son of Harris and Sarah Riva Cohen, of Cape Town, South Africa. M.B., Ch. B. Born Caledon. A medical practitioner. ***Jewish
