In Memory Of

GLYNN, RICHARD WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 82430414PS
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 42 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1987-09-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by SA-8 South of Lomba river, Angola, in Atlas AM3C Bosbok #934. During Ops Modular, was giving battery targeting information on the enemy when the Angolan brigades started shooting at the plane with SAM missiles guns. The plane was hit and crashed in a nearby field .
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 POLOKWANE (OR PIETERSBURG) AREA CEMETERY ?
Localitly:
 Limpopo Province
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Glynn. ref. 85 years of SAAF