In Memory Of

PINES, MICHAEL

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 185383V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-02-04
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, missing on patrol, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #FP543. 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 283.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Victor and Ljuba Pines, of Ottosdal, Transvaal, South Africa. ***Jewish