Identity
Person No.
31245
Service No.
5200008
Last Name
First Name
Derek Rollo
Initials
D R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Died in air crash, when the Lightning crashed on approach into Bentwaters. Suffered a double engine/reheat fire, had tried to eject but the canopy failed to release and attempted a forced landing into Bentwaters. Unfortunately he was unable to make the runway and the almost copybook landing into a ploughed field was enough to cause the canopy to detach and the ejection sequence to commence. Regrettably the seat required both height and forward speed to enable to parachute to deploy
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
No additional information known at this time
Citation
Awarded while serving with the South African Air Force in the Korean War
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project