In Memory Of
JERLING, JAN ABRAHAM
Service Details
Age:
36
Date of Birth:
1966-08-26
Rank:
Warrant Officer II
Unit:
41 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
2002-12-05
Cause of Death:
Died in Freak Accident, fell out of a landed Caravan aircraft and broke his neck. He died shortly after the accident on the runway in Alldays, Limpopo. He was part of a 4-man crew of 41 Squadron (AFB Waterkloof) that was on a night flying training flight.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Block E, Grave H118
Cemetery:
CENTURION CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Ilse Jerling, a Lt.Col. at SAAF HQ, and father of three children: Christo (12), Desire (9) and Jacques (2). His funeral was at the NGK Lyttelton-Noord in Monument Ave, Centurion.
