In Memory Of

KLEYN, PHILIP HORATIO

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 48075
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 16 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-09-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Two Marylands attacked aircraft on the airfield at Ivato (Tananarive). One of the aircraft, flown by Lt Neil Ross, was hit by ground fire and sadly the navigator; Lt P Kleyn, was killed. As there was no army chaplain available, Col Melville read the burial service at the funeral
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 4. L. 2.
Cemetery:
 DIEGO SUAREZ WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Madagascar
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F M
Citations:
 LG Sup 30 January 1942 pg. 503 - "This airman was first employed as an air gunner and afterwards as observer, acting as such without previous training or attending a recognised observer's course. Nevertheless, his navigation has been good and his bomb aiming beyond reproach. Air Sgt. Kleyn has been on active service since May, 1940, and throughout he has set a worthy example."
Son of Jan Hendrik Frouenfelder and Johanna Gertuida Kleyn. Born Hillside, Goudini, Caledon. A clerk