In Memory Of

JOSEPHSON, GERALD

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 17805V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-02-04
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, missing on patrol, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #FP543. German submarine U-453 was attacked south of Cyprus. The aircraft made a first attack assisted by Leigh Light and dropped four bombs in a second attack, but the port engine caught fire after being hit by AA fire and it was seen by the Germans to crash into the sea about 1000 meters away, killing all four crewmen.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 282.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Josephson, of Green Point, Cape Province, South Africa. ***Jewish