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Identity
Person No.
3117
Service No.
74348
Last Name
First Name
Percival Ross-Frames
Initials
P R F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Death Record
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in Hurricane V6683, ran out of ammunition chasing a Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter-bomber and rammed it to make sure; both aircraft and flyers were destroyed
Additional Information
Notes

Son of the Rt. Hon. Henry Burton, P.C., K.C., LL.B., and Helen Marie Burton, of Retreat, Cape Province, South Africa. B.A. (Oxon.). Educated at Bishop's, Rondebosch. "One of the few" Battle of Britain pilot. Native of South Africa. Recommended for the Victoria Cross. His brother also died on service

Citation

LG Sup 17 March 1941 pg. 1575

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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