Service Details
Name:
 PENZHORN
Given Name:
 GERHARDT
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 P1/8138
Rank:
 Pupil Pilot
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1938-03-18
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Date of Birth:
 1914-02-17
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Tiger Moth #ZS-AIP. The engine stalled while the plane was in an inverted position during low level aerobatics. The plane crashed one mile SE of the Randfontein Airfield while attempting to recover.
Additional
Information:
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 North West Province
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Cemetery:
 KROONDAL LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETERY, RUSTENBURG DISTRICT
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