Service Details
Name:
 VAN RHYN
Given Name:
 CHRISTIAAN JOHANNES PETRUS
Initials:
 C J P
Service No:
 209073V
Rank:
 Air Mechanic
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Date of Death:
 1944-08-12
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Baltimore FW 770, flew bad weather when leading 6 Hurricanes on a ferry flight aircraft crashed into marsh near Malakal 95 Miles North of Wau, Sudan
Additional
Information:
Step son of Johan Carel Carstens and son of Catharina Johanna Carstens, of Raymond Landgoed, Elsies District. Born Meintjes Kraal, District Piketberg.
Commemoration
Country:
 Sudan
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Cemetery:
 KHARTOUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 10. C. 10-15.

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