Service Details
Name:
 VENTER
Given Name:
 CHRISTIAAN HATTINGH
Initials:
 C H
Service No:
 P1/40566
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Air Operations School Langebaanweg
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Date of Death:
 1951-05-12
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Date of Birth:
 1930-07-04
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5534, crashed into sea off Toothrock Range, near Saldanha. Aircraft pulled out very low after a rocket attack then dived steeply into the sea.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. O. Venter, of Pinelands. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 ELSBURG CEMETERY, GERMISTON
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Grave Reference:
 Body not recovered - Memorial stone in Elsburg Cemetery, Germiston. (Stone incorrectly engraved 2Lt Hattingh)

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