Service Details
Name:
 WINTERBACH
Given Name:
 TOBIAS JOHANNES
Initials:
 T J
Service No:
 01505001R
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1966-04-21
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Date of Birth:
 1944-02-27
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Alouette III #65, at Terrace Bay, South West Africa. They were allocated call sign "SAP 4" and tasked to assist the SAP Sgt Olivier whose vehicle was giving trouble while on patrol near the Cunene River. Together with Flt Sgt HG Morton, SAP member Cst DJA Brand and two officials from the Consolidated Diamond Mines, PJ Holmes and D Bernhardt, they took off to look for Sgt Olivier. As the banked over the sea to turn northwards, the helicopter hit the sea and broke apart. There were no survivors
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. T. J. Winterbach. Commemoration plaque at Swakopmund Police Station
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 DE DOORNS CEMETERY
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