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About Coen Brits Vorster
Lieutenant, SAAF/SALM, 31 Sqdn.
[http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=27487]
"Killed in action, Liberator B.VI KG999, 8 crew (1 RAF and 5 RAFVR), took off from Celone, Italy, for Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy, north of Turin at night in poor weather. The weather conditions were very poor with 10/10 cloud cover and the aircraft crashed into the mountains above Ala di Stura. At the time of the crash, there was no reported flak or air opposition".
Background of the operation and the crash are given here:
[https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=4206099]
Memorial plaque at crash site:
[https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=4206245]
Death notice (probate file)
[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS9G-WQGZ-X?i=1325...]
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Dec 22 2017, 21:09:32 UTC
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Coen Brits Vorster's Timeline
| 1914 |
1914
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Potchefstroom, Southern DC, North West, South Africa
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| 1944 |
October 12, 1944
Age 30
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Italy
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War Cemetery, Milan, Italy
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