Identity
Person No.
4201
Service No.
778742
Last Name
First Name
Nathan
Initials
N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Beaufighter JL843, attacking a convoy of M 401, M 5202, D/S Taube and Boknafjord. Shot by flak from the flak battery based at Osbrestad and crashed into the North Sea. The body of Pilot Sgt Nathan Cohen was found washed ashore in Beach area no. 44 on Søgard Forstrand on the night of 22-23/6 by the German Wehrmacht. On the next day the Wehrmacht placed it in a coffin and took it to Lemvig where it was laid to rest in the cemetery on 26 June 1943
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Salomon and Sete Cohen, of Bellville, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Belleville, Cape Province in 1918. ***Jewish
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project