In Memory Of

WEST, ALFRED RICHARD

Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1916-08-30
Service No:
103486
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
223 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-11-08
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Maryland AH334, flew into the ground near Al-Qazzasin after encountering mist during a low-level formation training exercise
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
1. E. 13.
Cemetery:
FAYID WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Bernard Pitt and Edith West, of Rondebosch, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Rondebosch. An aeronautical engineer.