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Identity
Person No.
30386
Old ROH no.
478
Service No.
69342640R
Last Name
Franklin 7
First Name
Christopher Stuart
Initials
C S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1954 (±1 yr) 319
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
12 March 1975 101
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed near Oudtshoorn, in AT-6 Harvard #7137
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
7 Squadron 37
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
GROOT BRAKRIVIER CEMETERY 2
Grave Reference
OLD SEC 160 1
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Stuart and Diana Franklin, of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "7 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.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Koos van Rensburg on 14 May 2012 · via source
Chris died when the Harvard he flew (7 Squadron, Cape Town) hit the ground during a training excercise for foward air controllers (FAC) at Oudshorn during April 1975.
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