Service Details
Name:
 VAN DEN HEEVER
Given Name:
 PETRUS JOHANNES
Initials:
 P J
Service No:
 P1/41772
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Air Operations School Langebaanweg
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Date of Death:
 1952-10-03
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Date of Birth:
 1931-10-13
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5556, crashed into sea near Saldahna after attack on drogue. He attempted to bale out but the parachute did not deploy
Additional
Information:
Son of Martin Pelser and Anna Magrietha van den Heever, of Deneysville. Born Bloemfontein. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Western Cape
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Cemetery:
 CAPE TOWN AREA CEMETERY ?
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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