In Memory Of
THORNHILL-COOK, BASIL SEARLEY
Service Details
Age:
21
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
103420
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
5 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-06-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, missing from patrol, possibly shot down by AA, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK380
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
8. F. 7.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Son of Howard and Beatrice Gwendolyn Thornhill-Cook, of King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service