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3rd November 2016, 15:34
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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/
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3rd November 2016, 16:04
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Re: Grave of British pilot 14/6/41
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3rd November 2016, 20:31
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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 Last edited by Alex Smart; 3rd November 2016 at 22:55.
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4th November 2016, 06:01
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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.
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6th November 2016, 14:02
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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
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