Service Details
Name:
 BEKKER
Given Name:
 MARTINUS CORNELIUS
Initials:
 M C
Service No:
 582086V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 25 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1924-04-22
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk III #HD667, 7 crew (2 RAF), shot down by flak near Zagreb
Additional
Information:
Son of Marthinus Cornelis Stephanus and Selina Geertruida Bekker, of Somerset East, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Serbia & Montenegro
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Cemetery:
 BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 5. A. 3-7.

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