Service Details
Name:
 HILL
Given Name:
 PETER EDWARD
Initials:
 P E
Service No:
 178036V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 249 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-16
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Mustang HB859, oil pressure problem, baled out over Adriatic sea SE of Ancona, seen to come down with parachute and wearing Mae West but no dinghy
Additional
Information:
Son Charles Sydney and Vivienne Frances Hill, of The Rectory, Cathcart. Born Somerset East. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Commemorated on Cathcart War Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Malta
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Cemetery:
 MALTA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 19, Column 1.

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