In Memory Of
BUCHANAN, DOUGLAS LINDLEY
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
103166
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
24 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-07-02
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1615, took off from Landing Ground 17 (Fuka Main), to take part in a night bombing raid on Derna, Libya in the region of Cyrenaica. Over the target area the Maryland was shot down by enemy flak gunners
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 245.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Douglas M. and Elsie L. Buchanan, of Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. B.A. (Cantab.): Trinity College.
