Service Details
Name:
 LARTER
Given Name:
 EDWARD ROBERT
Initials:
 E R
Service No:
 47892V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Central Flying School
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Date of Death:
 1945-09-07
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Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lancaster I ME584, stalled on three engine overshoot and crashed, Hullavington, destroyed by fire
Decorations:
 D F C, A F C
Citations:
 DFC LG Sup 29 December 1944 pg. 5956 - "In recognition of gallantry displayed in flying operations against the enemy" AFC LG Sup 1 January 1944 pg. 59
Additional
Information:
Son of Harry N. and Olive H. Larter; husband of Eileen Mavis Larter, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Somerset
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Cemetery:
 BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Plot 39. Sec. H. Row D. Grave 240.

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