Service Details
Name:
 BRITS
Given Name:
 JAN HENDRIK SMARTENRYK
Initials:
 J H S
Service No:
 101681V
Trade:
 Air Gnr.
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-23
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Age:
 22
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
Additional
Information:
Son of Josina M. van Wyk, of Discovery, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V. A. 32.

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