In Memory Of

MURDOCH, ALASTAIR FRASER

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 778282
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-03-24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I R5493, took off from Waddington at 1950 24 Mar 1942 to lay mines in French waters off Lorient (Artichokes Region). Believed to have been shot down by flak from the Ile de Croix. A sea plot was heard from the aircraft around 23:00 hours
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 90.
Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Surrey
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Alice Wilmeana Murdoch. RAF Number: Enlistments in Rhodesia. Commemoration stone in East London (East Bank) Cemetery. His brother also died in service