In Memory Of
COLEMAN, OLIVER
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1924-02-20
Service No:
328600V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-08-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF & 2 RAFVR), shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter over Lysagora, southern Poland while en route to drop supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans, in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW161
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 1. D. 3.
Cemetery:
KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Country:
Poland
Additional Information
Son of Oliver and Angela Coleman, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State.
