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Identity
Person No.
11710
Service No.
102524
Last Name
Kahn 2
First Name
Abraham
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1915 (±1 yr) 447
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
19 December 1941 156
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, 4 crew (1 made POW) shot down and crashed 16 miles South of Benina, in Martin Maryland #1630
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
12 Squadron 169
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 247. 19
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 247.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Ludwig and Ida Kahn, of Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa. ***Jewish

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "12 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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