In Memory Of
BLAIR, DOUGLAS HAIG
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
48045V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
55 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-10-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 245.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Brother of Robert, James Wilson and William McGill Blair. Born Brakpan. A mine surveyor. Commemoration stone in Brakpan Cemetery
