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Identity
Person No.
30192
Service No.
98192958PW
Last Name
Duvenage 3
First Name
Gert Willem Diederik (derik)
Initials
G W D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1981 (±1 yr) 41
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
12 November 2003 135
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #530. On a low-level tactical navigation flight when Impala apparently developed mechanical problems. Could have been caused by a bird strike that could have led to engine failure. Crashed at Krokodilpoort (between Nelspruit and Malelane) on the N4 highway. The pilots tried to save their aircraft but had to eject, too late. Crashed into the truck of Mr. Enoch Nkosi. Mr. Cornelius Johannes Steenkamp, a cargo truck driver from Kempton Park, witnessed the accident
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
85 Combat Flying School 28
Defence Force
SANDF 1,041
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
KRUGERSDORP (STERKFONTEIN) CEMETERY 47
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 22
Coordinates
-26.06757, 27.76241 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Training and development
Notes

Lt. Duvenhage obtained his wings in December 2002. Lt. Duvenhage had recently flown his first solo in the Impala and was busy with operational training. Lt. Derek Duvenhage's girlfriend of 5 years was Janine Coetzee (22). They met at Hoerskool Waterkloof, where he was in the school cadets. After school he joined the SAAF, she studied medicine at the University of Pretoria. He was buried in Krugersdorp, where his parents lived

Research notes


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.

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