In Memory Of
BRITS, JAN HENDRIK SMARTENRYK
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
101681V
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Unit:
24 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-09-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Marauder III HD580, left 1331 to bomb rail bridge, crashed shortly after take-off, caught fire, bombs exploded, crashed into hillside on take off
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V. A. 32.
Cemetery:
SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Josina M. van Wyk, of Discovery, Transvaal, South Africa.
