South Africans in the RAF

Flight Lt EMC Guest

Named in the book
Rank
Flight Lt
Honours
DFC
School
Diocesan College (Bishops)
In the book
Pages 31

From the book

Links of Long Standing

1930’s Cranwell graduates included HR Goodman, EMC Guest, JER Hayter, DG Heaton-Nicholls, T de T Macdonald, H Mundy, TS Rivett-Carnac, BP Young and HNG Wheeler. Most, including British born NM Hall and MA Aylmer were educated at Bishops, St Johns College, Michaelhouse, Hilton College or St Andrews.

Links of Long Standing

Former Hilton College pupil Derek Heaton- Nicholls was a very early “Prisoner of War”, Noel Mudie Hall another former pupil was killed during the “Battle of Britain”, Herbert Mundy lost his life in a February 1941 flying training accident, Bishops educated Flight Lt Guest DFC and Squadron Leader JER Hayter DFC were shot down in separate incidents on October 4th 1943. Guest, flying a Coastal Command Liberator and Hayter a No 83 Squadron Lancaster. Wing Commander Herbert Goodman, Hall’s Hilton College contemporary shot down in a No 103 Squadron Lancaster in May 1944, was commanding the squadron at the time.

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