In Memory Of

BECKER, PHILIP AUGUST

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1922-01-17
Service No:
 328419V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-12-04
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster NG145, Airborne 16:30 on 4 Dec 1944 from East Kirkby to bomb a target in Heilbronn. Believed to have been shot down by a night fighter (at 19:33 by Oblt. Peter Spoden of II./NJG 6) and crashed at Oberstenfeld, 15 km SSE of Heilbronn.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 9. D. 16.
Cemetery:
 DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Bad Tolz, Bayern
Country:
 Germany
Additional Information
Son of August Carl Otto and Alice Jane Elizabeth (nee Boucher) Becker, of Macleantown, Cape Province. Husband of Anne (nee Davis) Becker, of "Thorn Park", King Williams' Town. Commemoration stone in Macleantown Cemetery. Commemorated in RAF Chapel, East Kirby, Lincolnshire, England