In Memory Of
SWANN, PATRICK JOSEPH
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
103898
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-10-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, collided with Beaufort, crashed, in Blenheim V #BA486. After the attack on convoy "TT" collided whilst flying at low level with Beaufort DE-110 from 47 RAF Squadron, the aircraft flew locked together for about ten seconds before falling on fire into the Mediterranean Sea. The crews of both aircraft perished.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 268.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of James Francis and Hilda Rosanna Swann, of Hillary, Durban, Natal, South Africa. On St. Henry's College (Marist Brothers Durban) Roll of Honour. His brother also died in service
