In Memory Of
GEATER, HOWARD ALBERT
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
206121V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
3 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-04-16
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane IIc KW931, while carrying out night flying training at Derna. While attempting a forced landing, his Hurricane appeared to stall, rolled over and nose dived into the ground on the Derna Airfield in Libya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
6. A. 27.
Cemetery:
BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of George A. and Elsie L. Geater, of Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.
