In Memory Of
CAPSTICK, JOSEPH WILLIAM
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1912-07-14
Service No:
103110V
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
34 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-09-10
Date of Death 2:
1944-09-11
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW205, 8 crew (2 RAFVR), shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter after laying mines in the River Danube near Gyor, Hungary
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave II. A. 4-10.
Cemetery:
PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Czech Republic
Additional Information
Son of Joseph William and Mary Kate Capstick, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Joan Ethel Capstick, of Mount Edgecombe, Natal. Born Johannesburg.
