In Memory Of
SHIPMAN, SIDNEY EGBERT
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
99328V
Rank:
Air Sergeant
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-05-04
Cause of Death:
Died of exposure, Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #TT2252, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Engine cut, lost height and crash landed near Kufra (Kufra disaster)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Egbert Russell and Mary Emily Ann Shipman, of Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Philippolis, Orange Free State. A winding engine driver. His brother also died on service