Service Details
Name:
 GUNYON
Given Name:
 NIGEL MCMAHON
Initials:
 N M
Service No:
 206259
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-19
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Date of Birth:
 1922-10-28
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK654, plane was damaged by Messerschmitt Bf 109s and abandoned over the Mediterranean Sea off LG104, Sanyet El Qotafiya, North Africa
Additional
Information:
Son of Cyril Paul Herbert and Eileen Mary Blanche (nee McMahon) Gunyon, of Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Durban. Educated Clifton Preparatory 1931, Western Province Preparatory School 1933-1936; St. Aidan's College ? enrolled 1937; University of Cape Town. Commemorated on the Clifton Prep; the WPPS and the University of Cape Town WWII Memorials & the SAAF WWII Memorial, Pretoria. ***85 years of SAAF has him as 5 Sqdn.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 268.

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