Service Details
Name:
 FIELD
Given Name:
 RAYNOR GEORGE
Initials:
 R G
Service No:
 205798V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 145 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-31
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Date of Birth:
 1922-10-27
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire VIII JG338, shot down by AA fire near Pesaro Italy during attack on motor transport
Additional
Information:
Son of George William Godfried and Grace Marie Bessie (nee Joslyn) Field, of Strand, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 GRADARA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 I, A, 25.

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