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Identity
Person No.
7693
Service No.
47231
Last Name
Fripp 1
First Name
Edward William Bernard
Initials
E W B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1916 (±1 yr) 485
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
27 September 1941 131
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, 4 crew (1 survived as POW) shot down in flames over sea by 2 Bf109s on first op, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1650
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
21 Squadron 142
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 246. 38
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 246.
Notes

Son of Leopold Henry and Ivy Marion Fripp, of Louis Trichardt, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "21 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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