In Memory Of

VAN HEERDEN, MICHAEL BOLLEURS

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 110124
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-12-18
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hudson III V9032, air crash, at Quarry Farm, Ingleby Barwick, Middlesbrough. The crew of this aircraft were to undertake a training flight, the aircraft stalled soon after take off and then crashed into Quarry Farm, Ingleby Barwick. Along with the five airmen in the aircraft, four civilians in the house also were killed, two other children escaped with injuries
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot O. Row O. Grave 11.
Cemetery:
 THORNABY-ON-TEES CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Yorkshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of William Jacobus and Matilda Letitia (nee Weber) van Heerden, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His brother also died in service