Service Details
Name:
 VAN REENEN
Given Name:
 SEBASTIAAN VALENTINE
Initials:
 S V
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1951-01-26
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5609, crashed into sea near Paternoster, while carrying out a practice low-level bombing attack. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for
Additional
Information:
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Cemetery:
 BODY NOT RECOVERED
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Grave Reference:
 Body not recovered

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