In Memory Of

GUNYON, NIGEL MCMAHON

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1922-10-28
Service No:
 206259
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-10-19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK654, plane was damaged by Messerschmitt Bf 109s and abandoned over the Mediterranean Sea off LG104, Sanyet El Qotafiya, North Africa
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 268.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Cyril Paul Herbert and Eileen Mary Blanche (nee McMahon) Gunyon, of Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Durban. Educated Clifton Preparatory 1931, Western Province Preparatory School 1933-1936; St. Aidan's College ? enrolled 1937; University of Cape Town. Commemorated on the Clifton Prep; the WPPS and the University of Cape Town WWII Memorials & the SAAF WWII Memorial, Pretoria. ***85 years of SAAF has him as 5 Sqdn.