In Memory Of
ANDERSON, EDWARD CHARLES
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
47910
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
6 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-06-24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, detailed to ferry Hurricane IIB #BH147, to Kilo 8 in company with 4 other Hurricanes. Port Sudan indicated that the aircraft failed to keep up and turned back. The aircraft failed to return to either SUMMIT or CARTHAGO. After six days of searching, multiple aircraft and land parties failed to find him
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 266.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Anderson; stepson of Mrs. R. E. Anderson, of Mowbray, Cape Province, South Africa.
