Roll of Honour: Person Info

Personal Details

Service No:86411139PE
Rank:Sergeant
Last Name:RICHTER
First Name:JOHANNES MARTINUS GYSBERT
Initials:J M G
Born:Unknown

Death Details

Date of Death:1999-10-23
Age at Death:29
Cause of Death:Killed in aircraft accident, in Atlas Oryk #1215, at Kroonstad. Ten people died and 14 were injured in the crash outside Kroonstad. Members of the SA Army, the Kroonstad area commandos, SAP and the SAAF were busy with a crime prevention exercise, Operation Tsoha II, based at a temporary base at Bossiespruit. This flight was one of the short flights that took support personnel on a "thank you" flight. This flight was the third one the Oryx had done that day. The wreckage was found along the Vals River.

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