Date: 23rd August 1942
Unit: No. 164 Squadron (Argentina)
Type: Spitfire Va
Serial: P9563
Base: Skeabrae
Location: Skeabrae face
Pilot: P/O. David Bruce Bridger 118156 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
Stalled off a turn and crashed into the ground at Skeabrae face.
This aircraft served in the Battle of Britain with 64 Squadron SH-R and crash landed near Harrington during a routine patrol at 08.20 hrs. The pilot Sgt D.E. Lloyd (1) was unhurt and the aircraft repaired (Cat C3)
P/O. David Bruce Bridger (Courtesy Alan Scheckenbach)
(1) P/O. David Edward Lloyd was later killed on the 17th March 1942 - at this time a pilot instructor.
Burial Details:
P/O. David Bruce Bridger. Sandwick Cemetery, Orkney, Sec N. Grave 55
Son of Alexander George and Adeline Bruce Bridger, of Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Researched by Kelvin T. Youngs and David King (A.R. Society) For family of P/O. Bridger.
