Service Details
Name:
 ANDREWS
Given Name:
 ROGER STEPHEN
Initials:
 R S
Service No:
 5681
Trade:
 Armament Fitter
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Air Force
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Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1974-04-20
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, air operations in Trojan #R3244, in Mozambique, north of Cabora Bassa. Shot down by a SAM 7 near Rushinga while searching for Lt Weinmann's plane.
Additional
Information:
ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Gweru (Gwelo)
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Cemetery:
 GWERU CEMETERY
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