Service Details
Name:
 MURDOCH
Given Name:
 ALASTAIR FRASER
Initials:
 A F
Service No:
 778282
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-03-24
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I R5493, took off from Waddington at 1950 24 Mar 1942 to lay mines in French waters off Lorient (Artichokes Region). Believed to have been shot down by flak from the Ile de Croix. A sea plot was heard from the aircraft around 23:00 hours
Additional
Information:
Son of Alice Wilmeana Murdoch. RAF Number: Enlistments in Rhodesia. Commemoration stone in East London (East Bank) Cemetery. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Surrey
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Cemetery:
 RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 90.

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