In Memory Of
DU PLESSIS, JOHN HENRY
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
207133V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
40 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-28
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Spitfire VC EF732, when acting as a weaver, hit by ack-ack. Flew back to lines, but plane stalled out and crashed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. B. 14.
Cemetery:
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Philip and Sophia du Plessis, of Reitz, Orange Free State, South Africa.
