Service Details
Name:
 POTGIETER
Given Name:
 VICTOR
Initials:
 V
Service No:
 131877V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 104 Water Boring Section
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-09
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, both engines failed on a C47, flying in bad weather, whilst on a photographic reconnaissance mission over central Greece. The aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain near the hamlet of Stevenikon. As well as the crew on board the Dakota of 12th Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS) based in Brindisi were several members of both SOE Force 133 and their US counterparts the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Buried in a collective grave with 11 other men from UK and USA
Additional
Information:
Son of Marthinus Philippus Gerhardus and Susanna Catharina Potgieter, of Carolina, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Carolina, Transvaal. B.Sc. Civil Engr.
Commemoration
Country:
 United States of America
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Locality:
 Virginia
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Cemetery:
 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Sec. 2. Coll. grave 3435F.

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