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Identity
Person No.
32556
Service No.
P1/7285
Last Name
Powell-Jones 2
First Name
Richard Laurence Stanley
Initials
R L S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1915 (±1 yr) 444
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
Regiment De la Rey 15
Secondary Unit
"D" Sqdn.
Death Record
Date of Death
18 April 1938 104
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,519
Died in Aircraft Accident, crash in Tiger Moth #ZS-AIP. The engine stalled while the plane was in an inverted position during low level aerobatics. The plane crashed one mile SE of the Randfontein Airfield while attempting to recover
Grave Reference
Cremated 2
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG AREA CEMETERY ? 39
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Capt. Stanley W. and Viola Powell-Jones, of Rustenburg. Instructor Pilot for Witwatersrand Technical School of Aeronautics. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Citation

LG Sup 3 March 1917 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has at all times set a splendid example of courage and determination"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #32556