In Memory Of
DE JONG, ANDRE
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
1920-01-05
Service No:
206533V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
17 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-02-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #FP543, missing on patrol. German submarine U-453 was attacked south of Cyprus. The aircraft made a first attack assisted by Leigh Light and dropped four bombs in a second attack, but the port engine caught fire after being hit by AA fire and it was seen by the Germans to crash into the sea about 1000 meters away, killing all four crewmen.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 281.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Adriaan Lodewijk and Susanna Johanna de Jong, of Robertson, Cape Province, South Africa. On Montague, Western Cape War Memorial
