In Memory Of

DUROSE, RUPERT ALAN

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 103189
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-07-11
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #ET1020, shot down in Alamein area. Escorted twelve Bostons on a raid south-west of El Alamein. On the way to the target, a large formation was seen, composed of 30 Ju87s escorted by seven Bf109 from I Gruppe, twelve of II Gruppe and two from III/JG 27, the Curtiss fighters being ordered to leave the Bostons and attack
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 267.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Claud and Minnie C. Durose, of Merrivale, Natal, South Africa; husband of Connie Durose. 85 years of SAAF has him as 2 Sqdn.