Service Details
Name:
 ARMSTRONG
Given Name:
 EDWARD GEORGE
Initials:
 E G
Service No:
 102765
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 11 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-09-12
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Date of Birth:
 1917-06-21
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Fairey Battle Mk I #911, shot down by CR. 32s. There were 4 Fairey Battles which were conducting a bombing attack on the Italian Air Force at Sciasciamanna Airfield
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG 29 November 1940 pg. 6813 - "In August and September, 1940, regardless of attacks by enemy fighters, Lieutenant Armstrong, with conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, obtained photographs of strategical value in the Mogadishu area. The photographs were instrumental in locating important targets which were later demolished by his squadron."
Additional
Information:
Son of George Francis and Alice Helma Armstrong (nee Blom). Husband of Olga Doreen Armstrong (nee Varley), of Dundonald Mansions, Bree Street, Johannesburg. Born Randfontein. He had no children. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Ethiopia
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Cemetery:
 ADDIS ABABA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2. B. 3.

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