In Memory Of

LOXTON, BERNARD THOMAS

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1912-04-11
Service No:
 329109V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-08-17
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW248, 8 crew (1 RAF), exploded in mid-air over Warsaw, Poland while dropping supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 1. B. 6.
Cemetery:
 KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Country:
 Poland
Additional Information
Son of Henry James Pirrie and Catherine (nee Brown) Loxton, of.P.O. Grabouw, Cape Province. Husband of Leonore Alice Helen (nee Litchfield) Loxton, of Isipingo Beach, South Coast, Natal. Born Lennoxtown, Newscastle, Natal. A clerk. His brother-in-law Edwin Giles Litchfield also died in service in WWII. Commemorated on on the Isipingo Beach WWII Memorial in Athlone Park Library, Amanzimtoti, Kwazulu Natal