Identity
Person No.
13941
Service No.
710122
Last Name
First Name
Wilfred Royce
Initials
W R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Typhoon Mk.Ib MN680, airborne on 17 Aug 1944 from ALG Sommervieu (B.8) on ground support mission to close Falaise Gap near Livarot. Aircraft shot down by enemy aircraft (Fw190 of JG 2) and crashed at Ste-Marguerite-des-Loges, 9 km N of Vimoutiers
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of John and Hilda Violet Love, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. King's Scout. Royce Love's cousin, Owen Love, is buried in an adjoining grave. Owen was one of the Rhodesian Air Force Pilots assigned to the ferrying of new Spitfires from England to Rhodesia in 1951. By a cruel stroke of fate his aircraft developed some failure while flying over France and crashed. Owen is buried alongside Royce.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project