Historical records matching Lindsay Basil Buchanan, DFC
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About Lindsay Basil Buchanan, DFC
- Rank: Flight Lieutenant
- Service No: 40885
- Date of Death: 13/04/1941
- Age: 24
- Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force 211 Sqdn.
- Awards: D F C
- Panel Reference: Column 240.
- Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
- Additional Information: Son of Andrew Ruthven Buchanan and Olive Ethel Buchanan, of Kairanga, Wellington, New Zealand.
Blenheim L1434 – No. 211 Squadron RAF – "Ordered from Paramythia for the third operation of the day to attack the German troop concentrations on the Florina-Monastir Road, near the Greek-Yugoslavia border. After dropping their bombs, all six aircraft were attacked by German Bf109’s and destroyed within four minutes. The aircraft L1434 crashed into Lake Prespa, Albania at 1607 hours and was recovered in June 1993. The aircraft is now on display in the Tatoi Museum, Athens."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/71/a4196171.shtml
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1536065/BUCHANAN,%20LIND...
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C...
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Lindsay Basil Buchanan, DFC's Timeline
| 1917 |
November 4, 1917
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Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
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| 1941 |
April 13, 1941
Age 23
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Lake Prespa, Albania
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El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
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