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Identity
Person No.
530
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Frederick Seymour
Initials
F S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
and General List
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received 16th April at the Battle of Arras, whilst flying. Shot down on 16 April whilst artillery spotting over the German lines, Lieutenant Alphonso Pascoe and his observer Frederick Seymour Andrews became the German flying ace Baron von Richtofen's 45th "kill". According to Richtofen, the British BE2e was flying at an altitude of 800 metres when he approached unseen from behind and made his attack. Pascoe momentarily lost control of the plane, managed to steady it and then lost control again. The plane plummeted the last 100 metres to the ground. Both Pascoe and Andrews were badly wounded, Pascoe survived, Andrews died of his wounds thirteen days later
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Thomas Frederick and Louisa G. Andrews, of Harrismith, South Africa. On Harrismith War Memorial, Free State

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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