Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 ERIC
Initials:
 E
Service No:
 103361
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-09-02
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #ET903, hit by P-40 of 66th FS 57FG USAAF from behind while taxying LG97
Additional
Information:
Son of Henry J. and Elizabeth Smith, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Educated at Jeppe High School. Played rugby for Jeppe and later for Diggers. Employed with Barclays Bank, Yeoville. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XXXIII. D. 22.

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