Identity
Person No.
811
Service No.
542987V
Last Name
First Name
Frank William
Initials
F W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #HZ522, missing on patrol. Scrambled to go to the assistance of a Sunderland flying boat that had sent out a distress signal. No one knows what happened but towards evening another Sunderland spotted burning wreckage on the surface of the sea far away from where the crews of the originally missing Sunderland were eventually picked up by the hospital ship "Chantilly". The Wellington and its crew were officially posted "missing". After a few hours the posting was reclassified to "presumed dead". Subsequent searches found no trace of the missing Wellington or its 6 crew
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Bert Aylett and Gladys Dorothy Rowley, of Durban. Born Durban. An apprentice printer
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project