In Memory Of

PARE, ROBIN FRASER

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 202945V
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
Unit 2:
 and 5 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-06-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK384, shot down on sweep, killed by Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Marseille of JG27 near Bir Hacheim on 3 June, just after scoring his sixth victory
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 266.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG 29 April 1941 pg. 2445 - "In February, 1941, Lieutenant Pare was detailed with six other aircraft to carry out an attack on the aerodrome at Massawa. On approaching the target, he observed an anti-aircraft gun post about to open fire on the leader of the formation. He attacked and silenced this post but in doing so his guns jammed. In spite of this he continued to dive down on other anti-aircraft posts thus minimising the fire directed against the rest of his formation. Lieutenant Pare also displayed great courage and determination in the battle of Keren, shooting down four enemy fighters in two air battles within three days."
Son of Henry Alfred and Lucy Pare, of "Belair", Constantia, Cape Province, South Africa. Pare joined the South African Permanent Force and attended the Military College as a Cadet. He was commissioned in the SAAF in April 1940 and posted to 1 Squadron SAAF, seeing action over East Africa until April 1941. After a period as an instructor in the Union, he joined 5 Squadron in December 1941. He was promoted commander of 'B' Flight on 31 May 1942. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Constantia) Public Cemetery