Service Details
Name:
 STOCKS
Given Name:
 NEIL ASHCROFT
Initials:
 N A
Service No:
 P1/33522
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Air Operations School Langebaanweg
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Date of Death:
 1954-09-22
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Date of Birth:
 1924-06-24
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland Vampire FB 9 #236, while busy with training at the Anti-Aircraft range at Strandfontein. He performed a low level, high speed, mock attack on the anti-aircraft positions but struck the ground
Decorations:
 D F C, Mentioned in Despatches, Air Medal (USA)
Citations:
 DFC LG 15 February 1946 pg. 962 - "In recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"; MID LG Sup 1 January 1946 pg. 129
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. W. J. Stocks, of Harrismith. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Unknown
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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