Identity
Person No.
13680
Service No.
79528V
Last Name
First Name
James Arthur
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF & 2 RAFVR), shot down near Krakow, Poland while en route to drop supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KH152
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of James B. and Violet B. Lithgow, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. His brother also died in service
Citation
LG Sup 16 February 1943 pg. 815 - "For sinking on the 26th October 1942 the Italian tanker "Prosperina" delivering food to German General Marshal Rommel to Africa"
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project