Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 over Bir Sheferzen, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK551. He had just survived a plane crash two days earlier at Sidi Haneish
Son of Frank and Hester Johanna Whaits; husband of Heriminna Susanna Whaits, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. His father Frank Whaits also died on service