Service Details
Name:
MELDRUM
Given Name:
ANDREW RALPH
Initials:
A R
Service No:
776371
Rank:
Leading Aircfraftman
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Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
237 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1941-12-08
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Cause of Death:
Killed in action, enemy air raid. Shortly after noon on 8th December, when many of the ground-staff and Headquarters personnel were congregated near the cookhouse, a sudden raid was made on the camp by a force of nearly a score of hostile aircraft, most of which were Messerschmitts 109 and 110. There was hardly time to reach the shelter of slit-trenches before the storm broke. The attack was short but severe. Thirty seconds of savage bombing and strafing from low level left the area a shambles of smoking debris. Four Rhodesians were killed - Corporal J. Smith, L/A/C.s A. G. Ednie and A. R. Meldrum, and AC.1 E. G. Lenthall
Additional
Information:
RAF Number: Southern Rhodesians in Middle East
Commemoration
Country:
Egypt
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Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
Column 244.

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