In Memory Of
LINDENBERG, STEPHEN
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1917-05-05
Service No:
103483
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
21 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1943-01-13
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, missing, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #AG842. Hit by flak and then attacked by Bf-109 & C.202 when attacking Ju-52/3m on airfield. Last seen 15 km southeast of Bir Dufan # 2 L.G under control. Smoke was coming from the engine and the starboard engine had stopped. Possibly shot down by Major Muncheberg who claimed a Baltimore on this day for his 123rd kill.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 277.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Jacob Heinrich and Johanna Elizabeth Lindenberg, of Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (West Park) Cemetery
