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Identity
Person No.
6273
Service No.
103023
Last Name
First Name
Andrew
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, missing from bomber escort near El Adem, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK523. Shot down south of Acroma by Oberleutnant Otto Schulz of II/JG27
Grave Reference
Location
Locality
Unknown
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Patrick and Alice Duncan. Credited with shooting down four enemy planes.

Citation

LG 1 April 1941 - "One day in February, 1941, this officer was detailed to carry out an offensive reconnaissance accompanied by another aircraft. On alighting at an advanced landing ground to refuel, his aircraft was damaged and rendered unserviceable. He immediately took off in the other aircraft and flew on, alone, for more than 100 miles to his objective, where he machine gunned the aerodrome, set fire to a large mail plane and blew up its hangar. A few days earlier, during an attack on an enemy aerodrome, his commanding officer's aircraft was attacked from behind by an enemy fighter. Lieutenant Duncan went to his aid and shot down the attacker. He has displayed the greatest keenness to engage the enemy at all times."

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #6273