WW1 R.A.F. AIRMAN KILLED IN ACTION

2ND/LIEUT. JULIEN PERCY FERREIRA

57th SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE

K.I.A.

Killed in action on the 16th September 1918, age 18. Flying on DH4 as pilot, shot down in flames in Marcoing sector (Nord) after a combat against FOKKER DVII's

Medals in their original named boxes as they were issued.

Made by: ROBINSON & SONS, LTD

Box makers of Chesterfield.

He was born in Humansdorp in the Cape Province in 1900. He volunteered while a student at school in April 1917, and left for training, obtained his wings in May 1918.

(source: C.W.G.C..)

Naming on Ferreira's British War & Allied Victory medals

A De Havilland DH4 photographed in the clouds over Northern France in 1918. Same time when 2nd Lieutenant J.P.Ferreira flew his sorties.

Ferreira "shot down in flames"- An artist's impression of what possibly happened.

Sketch of the De Havilland DH4

Aritsts impression of a DH4 in dogfight with a German plane.

German Fokker DVII

Ferreira perished in combat with these fighter aircraft.

2nd Lieut J.P. Ferreira is one of 40 South Africans commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial in France.