Service Details
Name:
VAN DYK
Given Name:
PETRUS JOHANNES BURGER
Initials:
P J B
Service No:
313744V
Rank:
Lieutenant
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Regiment:
South African Air Force
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Unit:
21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
1944-05-29
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Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Martin Baltimore Mk III FA460, took off from Biferno Landing Ground, Italy, at 05h33 on a daylight raid together with ten other aircraft in formation to attack enemy Light Anti-Aircraft positions. The box in which Major De Villiers DFC and his crew were flying, could not locate their target owing to mist and cloud so they carried on with the mission, searching for transport on roads. They eventually bombed the Railway Yards and Station at Velletri. Immediately after bombing the target, the aircraft flown by Major de Villiers was seen to be on fire, losing height before breaking up in the air. No parachutes were seen to open. Moderate heavy-calibre but largely inaccurate anti-aircraft fire was encountered over the target area before, during and after bombing.
Additional
Information:
Son of Johannes Frederik Gerhardus and Engela Wilhelmina van Dyk.
Commemoration
Country:
Italy
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Cemetery:
ROME WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
I, F, 4.

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