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Identity
Person No.
5496
Service No.
778128
Last Name
First Name
Wilfred Eric
Initials
W E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Lancaster ED447, aircraft took off from Holme on Spalding Moor at 0020 hrs detailed to attack targets in Hamburg. Aircraft was shot down by Kreigsmarine flak crashing at Rijk (Noord Holland) in the Haarlemmermeer polders South of Amsterdam
Location
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Hubert Christie Debeurier and of Madge Mary Debeurier (nee Rae), of Tarkastad, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service. Commemoration stone in Tarkastad Cemetery

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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