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Identity
Person No.
30508
Old ROH no.
518
Service No.
68350693V
Last Name
First Name
Albertus Stephanus
Initials
A S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, near Potchefstroom, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #587
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

Son of Mrs. E. G. De Necker, of Kimberley. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Aug 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 27 August (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-27-august/ confirms Impala Mk I #587 crash near Potchefstroom on routine training flight, 4 Squadron, age 21.
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".

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