In Memory Of
GRAAFF, DEWHURST
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
160154
Rank:
Flying Officer
Unit:
44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1944-07-07
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lancaster I ME859 KM-S, took off Dunholme Lodge at 22.33 hrs. to bomb the flying bomb storage site at St-Leu. Bombing was reported as accurate resulting in the blocking of the entrance tunnels and the approach roads. Crashed at Equennes-Eramecourt, Somme
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave.
Cemetery:
EQUENNES CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
Somme
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Hendrik Christian and Lucy Jane Graaff, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. His brother Stafford also died on service.
