Grave of British pilot 14/6/41
 

http://imgur.com/a/HX4OV/all
The thirteenth picture in this sequence shows a German grave of a British pilot porported to be in the "Egyptian desert". Does anyone recognize this photograph? Who, and where?
The caption "A German soldier in WWII buries an unknown English soldier that was killed in air combat in the Egyptian desert." comes from Detonate
http://detonate.com/shocking-historical-photos/35/

Re: Grave of British pilot 14/6/41
 

OK, found the answer myself, here:

http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/grav...ed-pilot-1941/

Re: Grave of British pilot 14/6/41
 

Hi Mark (long time, no hear!)

I think you'll find that is a Maryland!

Cheers
Brian

Re: Grave of British pilot 14/6/41
 

Hello,
The a/c was a 24 Sqdn SAAF a/c serial "1609".
Details in vol 1 of " A history of the Mediterranean Air War 1940-1945", page 220.

Crew were -
Lt. E.C.Newborn - POW.
Those killed were
Air Sgt. Paul Wilhelm DeBeer BOTHMA.
Air Sgt. Reginald Ernest Oatley GILES.
2Lt. Charles Cormack GORDON.
They now rest at Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.
Ref: CWGC.

Alex

Re: Grave of British pilot 14/6/41
 

Hello,

Had a look at this over three years ago!

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archiv...p?t-33455.html

Col.

Re: Grave of British pilot 14/6/41
 

Thanks, guys. Hi Brian, yes, I've been skulking in the background! The date set me off. Same day that George Goodman went down.

Mark