In Memory Of

BONDESIO, MICHAEL ALBERT

Service Details
Age:
44
Date of Birth:
1938-08-06
Service No:
75000646PE
Rank:
Major
Unit:
35 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1982-11-30
Cause of Death:
Died of heart attack, whilst flying between AFB RKP and YPLT, suffered a fatal heart attack while sitting behind the controls flying Shackleton 1717. The aircraft was on the first leg of a long range maritime patrol from D.F. Malan Airport in Cape Town up the West Coast to Air Force Base Rooikop, flying time 08h45B- 12h30B. Two of the crew members, Warrant Officers Nick Havenga and the late Frans Fourie performed CPR but to no avail. Time of death was officially logged as 12h04
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated - Cape Town (Maitland)
Cemetery:
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. P. M. Bondesio