In Memory Of

IMMELMAN, ROY HOOLE

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1916-05-04
Service No:
 39530
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 1 (C) Operational Training Unit
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
 1940-08-15
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hudson I T9320, took off from Eastleigh en route to R.A.F. Siloth. The balloon barrage was being raised at the time due to an incoming raid, and the Hudson struck one of the cables and crashed into houses in Nutbeam Road. All military personnel and one civilian on board were killed, as were two civilians at Nutbeam Road
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Old Portion. Row 2. Joint grave 3.
Cemetery:
 FAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Hampshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Walter Fitzroy and Irene Agnes Isabella Immelman, of Cradock, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Willowmore, Eastern Cape. "One of the few" Battle of Britian pilot