Name: |
BALDACHIN |
Given Name: |
SYDNEY DOUGLAS |
Initials: |
S D |
Service No: |
778405 |
Trade: |
Pilot |
Rank: |
SergeantOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Unit: |
25 O.T.U.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1941-08-16Other Casualties on this
Date |
Date of Birth: |
1921-06-29 |
Age: |
20 |
Cause of Death: |
Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden X2959 took off from RAF Balderton for night circuits and landing training exercise. The aircraft was slighly off course and while trying to find the airfield at 0025 hours hit some tress and then plunged down into houses in London Road, New Balderton. Shortly after impact the aircraft burst into flames with three houses being totally destroyed. Two of the crew were killed and the third was slighly injured. |
Additional Information: |
Son of Rudolph and Florence Baldachin, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. On Bulawayo Milton High School Roll of Honour. Commemoration stone in Bulawayo Jewish Cemetery. ***Jewish |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2022-05-02