Delport , Johannes Jurie (J J)

Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 31 Aug 2026 gives Rank 'Pupil Pilot' for this AT-6 Harvard solo night navigation crash near Ermelo -- CONFLICT with ROH's stored Rank 'Air Mechanic' (a Pupil Pilot flying solo fits the narrative better than a mechanic, but not changed without a source resolving it). Age 21 and cause match ROH exactly.
Bushwar Books same-day post reconciles the Rank conflict: gives 'Air Mechanic (Pilot Under Training)' -- matching both ROH's 'Air Mechanic' and Graham's 'Pupil Pilot' simultaneously (his trade was Air Mechanic, his training status was Pupil Pilot). ROH Rank left as Air Mechanic (the substantive trade classification).
5 Sep 2026: Unit "40 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 "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.