Service Details
Name:
 O'CONNOR
Given Name:
 DESMOND
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 76450212PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 19 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1981-09-29
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Date of Birth:
 1960-08-14
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Aerospatiale SA330L Puma C #174, crashed whilst bringing in casualties at night, at Oshakati after Operation Protea. It is said that Lamprecht was disorientated and guided the pilot incorrectly, thus the tail rotor caught in a barb-wire fence. Sgt Lamprecht (Flight Engineer), the co-pilot, Lt D O'Connor, several medics and a doctor as well as the casualty, tragically died. Only the pilot survived
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. O'Connor, of Kuruman
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Northern Cape
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Cemetery:
 KURUMAN NEW CEMETERY
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