South Africans in the RAF

Pilot Officer SG Nicoll

Sidney Gibson Nicoll

Named in the book
Rank
Pilot Officer
Squadron
No 500 Squadron
School
Parktown Boys' High School
Fate
Killed in action, 24 September 1941

From the book

The Dreaded Telegram

Educated at Parktown Boys High in Johannesburg, Pilot Officer Sidney Gibson Nicoll and his No 500 Squadron Coastal Command Blenheim crew failed to return from a sortie on September 24th. Coastal Command had by then lost around 230 Blenheim’s and 441 aircrew in 16 months since the loss of Alec Heath and his crew.

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