In Memory Of
BENDER, FREDERICK HENDRIK JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1917-05-16
Service No:
205468
Rank:
Air Sergeant
Unit:
24 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-03-21
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down by fighters near Mechili, crashed 46 km southwest of Bir Hacheim, in Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2225.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 268.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Jan George and Evelina Johanna Wortley Bender, of Johannesburg. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery.
