Service Details
Name:
 BRITZ
Given Name:
 JOHANNES PETRUS
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 01238351E
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1969-11-26
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Date of Birth:
 1940-06-25
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Canadair CL13B Sabre #368, near Pietersburg. While busy with bombing training at the Roodewal Range, his Sabre's engine blew up. He stayed with the aircraft, guiding it away from dwellings but ejected too late
Decorations:
 Louw Wepener Decoration (Posthumous)
Citations:
 Awarded 19 Mar 1970 - "Major Britz prevented his stricken Sabre fighter aircraft from crashing into a built-up area in Pietersburg, by staying at the controls instead of ejecting by parachute"
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. G. L. Britz. ref. 85 years of SAAF
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:
 Panel 02

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