In Memory Of

TYRRELL, ANDREW FITZGERALD

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 205859
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-03-25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down and crashed, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB #EP303
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VI. A. 4.
Cemetery:
 SFAX WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Tunisia
Additional Information
Son of Henry Samual and Elizabeth Helen Tyrrell, of Pretoria. Score: 1 confirmed and 1 probable. Posted straight to 1 Sqdn 14.10.42 without the benefit of an O.T.U. course. On 6.3.43 Major Moodie saw an example of Tyrrell's shooting, when he watched a "beautiful deflection" shot bring down a Ju87 of III/StG.3.