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Identity
Person No.
39250
Service No.
4319
Last Name
First Name
Ian Hylton
Initials
I H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, whilst flying a Canberra B2 R2512 in Mozambique when hit by ground fire from Malvernia during Op Manyatela
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B Salt. ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

Awarded for 15 November 1976 in the battle of "Hill 31" in the Honde Valley against a gang of 40 terrorists of which 32 were accounted for

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #39250