Service Details
Name:
 SOLMS
Given Name:
 HUBERT WILHELM
Initials:
 H W
Service No:
 47863V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 267 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-16
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Dakota III KG472, detailed to carry out a special operational flight of infiltrate and evacuate in Yugoslavia to Tito’s HQ. On board was Major Randolf Churchill, the son of Winston Churchill and the novelist, Captain Evelyn Waugh who was then a Commando. At the landing strip at Bosnanski Dubicain Yugoslavia KG-472 attempted to go around again and performed normal overshoot procedures. KG-472 though rapidly gained height at first, but then lost height rapidly and crashed just beyond the flare path on an even keel with both engines under power.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Maud Elizabeth Solms (nee Buckley)
Commemoration
Country:
 Serbia & Montenegro
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Cemetery:
 BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 10. B. 2-9.

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