Service Details
Name:
 PIENAAR
Given Name:
 HOPE
Initials:
 H
Service No:
 102078
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-04
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Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7610
Additional
Information:
Son of Willem A. and Maria S. Pienaar, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19.

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