Pienaar, Johannes Hendrik

Identity

Person No.

20251

Service No.

20553

Last Name

Pienaar 36

First Name

Johannes Hendrik

Initials

J H

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1920 (±1 yr) 676

Age at Death

22

Military Service

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Regiment

South African Air Force 3,509

Unit

15 Sqdn. 109

Death Record

Date of Death

04 May 1942 119

Cause of Death

Died of exposure 19

Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Engine cut, lost height and crash landed near Kufra (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #TT2252

Grave Reference

13. F. 20. 1

Location

Country

Libya 785

Locality

Unknown

Cemetery

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438

Coordinates

32.09586, 23.71913

Additional Information

Notes

Son of David Strauss Pienaar and Maria Magdalena Pienaar, of Petrusville, Cape Province, South Africa.

Citation

Unknown

External Source

Unknown

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #20251

Pienaar, Johannes Hendrik (J H)