In Memory Of
ROOD, EUGENE
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-08-26
Service No:
206010V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
Date of Death 2:
1944-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG826, 8 crew (3 RAFVR), shot down and crashed into Adriatic Sea while on return flight from the Romano Americana Oil Refinery at Ploesti, Romania. Body not recovered.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 17, Column 2.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of Hubert Russell and Christina Maria Rood; husband of Ester Elena Rood, of 1 College Road, Casseldale, Springs, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Employed in ventilation department of East Geduld Mine at Springs
