Service Details
Name:
 BOTHA
Given Name:
 ADRIAAN JACOBUS
Initials:
 A J
Service No:
 47828
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-06-14
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Date of Birth:
 1921-06-25
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 from I/JG27 south of Bir Hacheim, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #V7809. His wrecked aircraft was found 52km south of Bir Hacheim by the 7th Armoured Division Operation Battleaxe
Additional
Information:
Born Senekal, Orange Free State, South Africa. Lt A.J Botha had only just became an Ace the day he died with five confirmed aerial victories when earlier he had shot down two Ju-87's. Commemoration stone in Ventersdorp Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 245.

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