Captain Robin Fraser Pare, South African Air Force. Served in No1 and No 5 Squadrons. Son of Henry Alfred Pare and Lucy Pare (nee Brooke) of "Belair", Constantia, Cape Province, South Africa. He joined the South African Permanent Force and attended the Military College as a Cadet. He was commissioned in the SAAF in April 1940 and posted to 1 Squadron SAAF, seeing action over East Africa until April 1941. After a period as an instructor in the Union, he joined 5 Squadron in December 1941. He was promoted commander of 'B' Flight on 31 May 1942. He was killed in action flying a Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK384, when he was shot down on a sweep, killed by Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Marseille of JG27 near Bir Hacheim, an oasis in the Libyan desert south and west of Tobruk, on 3 June 1942, just after scoring his sixth victory. He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt. He is also commemorated on his father's grave stone in Constantia Cemetery, Cape Town. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), London Gazette 29 Apr 1941 pg. 2445 - "In February, 1941, Lieutenant Pare was detailed with six other aircraft to carry out an attack on the aerodrome at Massawa. On approaching the target, he observed an anti-aircraft gun post about to open fire on the leader of the formation. He attacked and silenced this post but in doing so his guns jammed. In spite of this he continued to dive down on other anti-aircraft posts thus minimising the fire directed against the rest of his formation. Lieutenant Pare also displayed great courage and determination in the battle of Keren, shooting down four enemy fighters in two air battles within three days."
Captain Robin Fraser Pare, South African Air Force. Served in No1 and No 5 Squadrons. Son of Henry Alfred Pare and Lucy Pare (nee Brooke) of "Belair", Constantia, Cape Province, South Africa. He joined the South African Permanent Force and attended the Military College as a Cadet. He was commissioned in the SAAF in April 1940 and posted to 1 Squadron SAAF, seeing action over East Africa until April 1941. After a period as an instructor in the Union, he joined 5 Squadron in December 1941. He was promoted commander of 'B' Flight on 31 May 1942. He was killed in action flying a Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AK384, when he was shot down on a sweep, killed by Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Marseille of JG27 near Bir Hacheim, an oasis in the Libyan desert south and west of Tobruk, on 3 June 1942, just after scoring his sixth victory. He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt. He is also commemorated on his father's grave stone in Constantia Cemetery, Cape Town. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), London Gazette 29 Apr 1941 pg. 2445 - "In February, 1941, Lieutenant Pare was detailed with six other aircraft to carry out an attack on the aerodrome at Massawa. On approaching the target, he observed an anti-aircraft gun post about to open fire on the leader of the formation. He attacked and silenced this post but in doing so his guns jammed. In spite of this he continued to dive down on other anti-aircraft posts thus minimising the fire directed against the rest of his formation. Lieutenant Pare also displayed great courage and determination in the battle of Keren, shooting down four enemy fighters in two air battles within three days."
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