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Identity
Person No.
9953
Service No.
103929V
Last Name
Hirschfeld
1
First Name
Geoffrey William
Initials
G W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
South African Air Force
3,509
Unit
44 Sqdn.
97
Death Record
Date of Death
04 December 1944
88
Cause of Death
Killed in action
9,874
Killed in action, Lancaster PD373, Airborne 16:42 on 4 Dec 1944 from Spilsby to bomb a target in Heilbronn. Mid-air collision with LM259, both aircraft crashing NW of Kleiningersheim, 18 km SSW of Heilbronn
Grave Reference
4. D. 24.
1
Location
Country
Germany
200
Locality
Bad Tolz, Bayern
40
Cemetery
DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
40
Coordinates
47.77834, 11.73354
Additional Information
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #9953