Service Details
Name:
 BLAIR
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS HAIG
Initials:
 D H
Service No:
 48045V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 55 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-10-29
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Bristol Blenheim Z7683, took off to carry out a high level night attack on dumps in the Timini area, Libya. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base
Additional
Information:
Brother of Robert, James Wilson and William McGill Blair. Born Brakpan. A mine surveyor. Commemoration stone in Brakpan Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 245.

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