Service Details
Name:
 BONDESIO
Given Name:
 MICHAEL ALBERT
Initials:
 M A
Service No:
 75000646PE
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 35 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1982-11-30
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Date of Birth:
 1938-08-06
Age:
 44
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
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. P. M. Bondesio
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated - Cape Town (Maitland)

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