In Memory Of

SMITH, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 776409
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 237 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-12-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, enemy air raid. Shortly after noon on 8th December, when many of the ground-staff and Headquarters personnel were congregated near the cookhouse, a sudden raid was made on the camp by a force of nearly a score of hostile aircraft, most of which were Messerschmitts 109 and 110. There was hardly time to reach the shelter of slit-trenches before the storm broke. The attack was short but severe. Thirty seconds of savage bombing and strafing from low level left the area a shambles of smoking debris. Four Rhodesians were killed - Corporal J. Smith, L/A/C.s A. G. Ednie and A. R. Meldrum, and AC.1 E. G. Lenthall
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 244.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of William Lawrence Smith and Robina Smith, of Westmuir, Angus. RAF Number: Southern Rhodesians in Middle East