Service Details
Name:
 SOMERSET
Given Name:
 PETER BEAUFORT
Initials:
 P B
Service No:
 543126V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 250 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-09
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Date of Birth:
 1924-01-27
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Kittyhawk IV FT865, collided in circuit at Cervia LG on return from mission, collided with Lt DB Tattersall
Additional
Information:
Son of Gladys Tripp (formerly Somerset) and the late Richard Beaufort Somerset, of Durban, Natal
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I. A. 7.

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