Service Details
Name:
 BUCHANAN
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS LINDLEY
Initials:
 D L
Service No:
 103166
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-07-02
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1615, took off from Landing Ground 17 (Fuka Main), to take part in a night bombing raid on Derna, Libya in the region of Cyrenaica. Over the target area the Maryland was shot down by enemy flak gunners
Additional
Information:
Son of Douglas M. and Elsie L. Buchanan, of Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. B.A. (Cantab.): Trinity College.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 245.

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