Identity
Person No.
8912
Service No.
206259
Last Name
First Name
Nigel McMahon
Initials
N M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, damaged by Bf109s, plane abandoned over sea off LG104, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK654
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 268.
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Cyril Paul Herbert and Eileen Mary Blanche Gunyon, of Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa. 85 years of SAAF has him as 5 Squadron
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "2 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
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