Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943 Lieutenant Robin Pare of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, sitting in the cockpit of his Curtis Tomahawk 'Shirley III' at LG 121, Egypt. Pare 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 No. 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, but was shot down and killed by Oberleu
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943 Lieutenant Robin Pare of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, sitting in the cockpit of his Curtis Tomahawk 'Shirley III' at LG 121, Egypt. Pare 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 No. 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, but was shot down and killed by Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Marseille of I/JG27 near Bir Hacheim on 3 June, just after scoring his sixth victory.
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