Identity
Person No.
1724
Service No.
47891V
Last Name
First Name
Leonhard Von Solms
Initials
L V S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,811
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF & 3 RAFVR), during Partisan supply drop in Northern Italy, crashed into mountain at Valprato Soana at night in poor weather, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG875
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
SAAF Memorial, AFB Swartkop, Pretoria, South Africa
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
KG875
Notes
Son of Mattheus J. H. and Martha Beukes; husband of Susanna Maria Beukes, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "31 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
16 Oct 2026: Confirmed by the Alpine 44 Commemoration crew-roll photo -- all core fields match. Minor Age/Rank variants in the photo not applied, SAWGP independently sides with this record's existing values (see each note below).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Alpine 44 Club / Ad Astra Magazine (SAAF)
Alpine 44 Commemoration crew-roll photo and article, Ad Astra Magazine (Cpl Khensane Cheriz Nkuna), posted to Facebook; service held Air Force Memorial Swartkop, 11 Oct 2026
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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