Identity
Person No.
14208
Service No.
203267V
Last Name
First Name
Hector Omdurman
Initials
H O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
44
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #LN384, dived into sea off turn, blew up off Takoradi
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Service in Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force in WW1 with 84 Squadron. Credited with 7 Victories. Born 29 June 1899 in Cape Town. He was commissioned on 20 July 1917 and posted to 84 Squadron on 03 February 1918. He was injured in a crash on 06 July 1918. Several months later, he returned to duty. After the war, he returned to South Africa and became a sugar grower. He was killed on 02 December 1943 in a crash while serving as an armaments officer in the South African Air Force. Husband of Kathleen Maud (nee Gould - born in Durban, died in 1960).
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project