Service Details
Name:
 JACKSON
Given Name:
 ROWAN EDGAR
Initials:
 R E
Service No:
 103979
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-31
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK509, shot down by Bf109 West of Tobruk. Possibly shot down by G?nther Steinhausen, who was credited with 40 victories, near Bir Hacheim
Additional
Information:
Son of Llewellyn Edgar and Ida Emily Jackson. His brother H E Jackson also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 267.

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