In Memory Of
HENDERSON, ERIC JOSEPH
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
70th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Date of Death:
1917-03-25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, flying on Sopwith Strutter as Pilot. In reconnaissance patrol over the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai with several aircrafts of the Squadron. Shot down during a combat against nine enemy aircraft. Five Sopwith Strutter of the Squadron were destroyed (five sustained the same fate the day before)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
IV. Z. 7.
Cemetery:
ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
Additional Information
Decorations:
M C
Citations:
LG Sup 4 June 1917 pg. 5480
Son of Robert Hugh Henderson, C.M.G., M.L.A., and Mrs. Sarah Matilda Henderson, of Johannesburg, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. ref. The Sky Their Battlefield by Trevor Henshaw
