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
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
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
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Notes
Son of James B. and Violet B. Lithgow, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. His brother also died in service
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "34 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
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"
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