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Mac Kotkin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Flying Officer, Balloon Branch
Service number 121966
Died 23 Dec 1945
Buried Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery, South Africa
Age 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Max was born in 1901 in Johannesburg, South Africa to Russian born parents Shepsel and Chana nee Beker and he had eight siblings. We are looking for family members of Mac. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Little is known to date about his RAF service except that he served in Balloon Branch. Hie death is recorded as a post discharge death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please contact us if you have any information on Mac or his family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo provided by The War Graves Photographic Project \u00a92021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photo courtesy of Allison Reid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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