In Memory Of

SPARGO, OBED CHARLES

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 544027V
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class I
Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1944-02-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, missing Candia, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA471. T/o 0615, LG 07/'Z' LG/Matruh West, Egypt. One of two Baltimores on a long range shipping reconnaissance of Iraklion (Candia) Bay, Crete, Greece. Attacked at 0812 hrs, by five Me 109 fighters off Dhia Island, Crete. This aircraft was last seen heading 040 and flying into low cloud. Failed to return to base, almost certainly shot down by these fighters.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 284.
Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Albert and Annie Maria Spargo, of Mayfair, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.