Identity
Person No.
29216
Old ROH no.
8
Service No.
66280983V
Last Name
First Name
Hendrik Willem
Initials
H W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, near Masito, while engaged in a training exercise, Operation Brolly Tree 3, which was to attack imaginary enemy positions near Zeerust. While busy with the attack, he flew into the ground, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #547
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mrs. A. M. M. Alberts, of Koster area. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "4 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Air Force".
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 8 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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