In Memory Of

UYS, DIRK CORNELIUS

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 1917-09-08
Service No:
 47434V
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1945-04-04
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B.VI KK302, 8 crew (1 RAF), after returning from a bombing raid on the Brescia marshalling yards in Northern Italy, Liberator collided with an RAF Wellington bomber KL355 from 70 Sqdn while circling Celone airfield to land
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 XIII. B. 1.
Cemetery:
 BARI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Hermanus Christiaan Steyn Uys and Jacoba Johanna Uys; husband of Carmel Theresa Uys, of Potgietersrust, South Africa.