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Identity
Person No.
5467
Service No.
102660
Last Name
De Wet 19
First Name
Johan Louis Venter
Initials
J L V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1918 (±1 yr) 637
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Major
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
15 Sqdn. 109
Death Record
Date of Death
04 May 1942 119
Cause of Death
Died of exposure 19
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Crashed in bad visibility about 150 miles E of Kufra (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7513
Grave Reference
Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19. 8
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438
Coordinates
32.09586, 23.71913
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. de Wet; husband of Liberty de Wet, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

Citation

LG Sup 24 September 1941 pg. 5573

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #5467