In Memory Of
THOMAS, JOHN DESMOND KAY
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1918-12-01
Service No:
P/102823
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
451 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-11-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, aircraft failed to return from operational flight, Hurricane Z4192, after a photographic survey of the enemy positions
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 246.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Claud William and the late Elizabeth Anne Thomas. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At College Sept. 1931-Dec. 1935. Form IV-VI. J.C. 2 '32. Mat. 1.'35; R.U.C. ***85 years of SAAF - has him as 40 Sqdn.
