Service Details
Name:
 STRYDOM
Given Name:
 JOHANNES JACOBUS
Initials:
 J J
Service No:
 67280305PM
Rank:
 Captain (Flight Lieutenant)
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force (Rhodesian Air Force)
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1979-10-03
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Date of Birth:
 1951-05-01
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Canberra B2 #R5203, shot down by ground fire, near Chimoi, Mozambique, during Operation Miracle. The crash site was located and marked in 2007
Additional
Information:
Crash site identified by Bob Manser in 2007. ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt. Amendments from Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981, by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Body not recovered - Location of crash site Mozambique S18 30 19.5 E33 00 16.3

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