Identity
Person No.
14608
Service No.
80086
Last Name
First Name
Michael Wakeman
Initials
M W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden I P5305, night navigation exercise. On its return, during landing they undershot the runway and crashed in a field next to the airfield at 02:15 hrs
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Additional Information
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Son of the Revd. Henry Dewsbury Alves Major, D.D., F.S.A., and of Mary Eliza Major, of Merton Vicarage. B.A. (Oxon.): Exeter College. Attended Dragon School, Oxford. Attended Sherborne School (School House) September 1926-December 1928. Clerk to the High Court of Justice, Southern Rhodesia. Took his aviators' certificate in a DH60 Gipsy at Eastbourne Flying Club on 16 September 1937.
Citation
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project