In Memory Of

FRYKBERG, ERIC VICKERS

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 117176
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
 1st S.A. Div. Sigs.
Regiment:
 South African Corps of Signals
Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 L. 3.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 M B E
Citations:
 LG Sup 16 April 1942 - "In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period of July, 1941 to October, 1941"
Son of Wilhelm and Gladys Frykberg; husband of Ruth A. Frykberg, of Cape Town.