Service Details
Name:
 VAN ROOYEN
Given Name:
 ULRICH
Initials:
 U
Service No:
 542769V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-26
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Date of Death 2:
 1944-07-27
Date of Birth:
 1918-10-08
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG826, 8 crew (3 RAFVR), shot down and crashed into Adriatic Sea while on return flight from the Romano Americana Oil Refinery at Ploesti, Romania
Additional
Information:
Son of Cornelis J. and Jacoba Van Rooyen, of 2 Trappers Street, Worcester, Cape Province, South Africa. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 17, Column 2.

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