Service Details
Name:
 FORD
Given Name:
 NORMAN SOAMES
Initials:
 N S
Service No:
 47804
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-27
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Date of Birth:
 1919-05-22
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK904, downed 10 miles SW of Gazala
Additional
Information:
Son of Theron and Dorette E. Ford, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 13. A. 8.

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