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Identity
Person No.
30519
Service No.
23887694
Last Name
Gray 32
First Name
Robert Edward
Initials
R E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 582
Age at Death
30
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
2 Sqdn. 133
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
18 August 1949 104
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,519
Died in Aircraft Accident, blacked out in dive on bombing range, crashed near Pretoria, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5571
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 80
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Robert and Helen Roda Gray, of Sarnia, Natal. Husband of Rita Mary Gray, of Pretoria. Born Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Citation
Unknown
External Source

https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #30519