Service Details
Name:
 TOWY-THOMAS
Given Name:
 BRUCE
Initials:
 B
Service No:
 102283V
Trade:
 W.Op./Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-07
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-08-08
Date of Birth:
 1919-01-08
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinn?mager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary
Additional
Information:
Educated Christian Brothers' College. A medical student at University of Cape Town.
Commemoration
Country:
 Hungary
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Cemetery:
 BUDAPEST WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave III. D. 1-7.

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