Identity
Person No.
976
Service No.
778405
Last Name
First Name
Sydney Douglas
Initials
S D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden X2959 took off from RAF Balderton for night circuits and landing training exercise. The aircraft was slighly off course and while trying to find the airfield at 0025 hours hit some tress and then plunged down into houses in London Road, New Balderton. Shortly after impact the aircraft burst into flames with three houses being totally destroyed. Two of the crew were killed and the third was slighly injured
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Rudolph and Florence Baldachin, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. On Bulawayo Milton High School Roll of Honour. Commemoration stone in Bulawayo Jewish Cemetery. ***Jewish
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project