Identity
Person No.
1420
Service No.
328419V
Last Name
First Name
Philip August
Initials
P A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Lancaster NG145, Airborne 16:30 on 4 Dec 1944 from East Kirkby to bomb a target in Heilbronn. Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter (at 19:33 by Oblt. Peter Spoden of II./NJG 6) and crashed at Oberstenfeld, 15 km SSE of Heilbronn
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of August Carl Otto and Alice Jane Elizabeth Becker, of Macleantown, Cape Province. Husband of Anne Becker, of "Thorn Park", King Williams' Town. Commemoration stone in Macleantown Cemetery.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project