In Memory Of

VAN ROOYEN, ULRICH

Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-10-08
Service No:
542769V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-07-26
Date of Death 2:
1944-07-27
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG826, 8 crew (3 RAFVR), shot down and crashed into Adriatic Sea while on return flight from the Romano Americana Oil Refinery at Ploesti, Romania
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 17, Column 2.
Cemetery:
MALTA MEMORIAL
Country:
Malta
Additional Information
Son of Cornelis J. and Jacoba Van Rooyen, of 2 Trappers Street, Worcester, Cape Province, South Africa. On Worcester War Memorial, Western Cape