In Memory Of

SCHRAGGER, SYDNEY

Service Details
Age:
 27
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 791171
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
Unit:
 60 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1943-07-06
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim IV V6504, lost propeller on air-test, control lost, dived into ground miles south of Yelahanka; F/Sgt S. Schragger (Pilot) and F/Sgt W. Brister (Obs) killed. At 0810 hours F Sgt Schragger and his observer F Sgt Brister took off in V6504 on an air test. AT 0820 hours the port air screw flew off and the plane dived in from approximately 1000 feet killing both occupants immediately
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 1. G. 17.
Cemetery:
 MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
Country:
 India
Additional Information
Son of Phillip and Tobie Schragger. A Hurricane Pilot. Of Rhodesia. ***Jewish.