Dekenah, Dennis Clfford
Personal Information
Rank | Lt. |
Forename(s) | Dennis Clfford |
Surname | Dekenah |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 04-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Richard C. and Dorothy C. Dekenah, of Cape Town, South Africa. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Martin Marauder II |
Serial Number | FB502 |
Markings | -Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Malta |
Burial/Memorial Place | Malta Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 17, Column 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 3 |
Panel Number | Not yet erected on site |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 542587V |
Service | South African Air Force |
Group | |
Squadron | 12 SAAF |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | South Africa |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-09-1944 |
End Date | 04-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Pescara |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Army cooperation attack on enemy positions around Rimini. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak in the starboard wing before bombing and the engine blew from its mountings before the aircraft drived and exploded 5km west of Rimini |