Service Details
Name:
 VAN DYK
Given Name:
 GABRIEL HENDRIK
Initials:
 G H
Service No:
 01459205E
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 Flying Training School Langebaanweg
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Date of Death:
 1970-05-20
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #512, flipped over on the runway at Air Force Base Langebaanweg while they were attempting to land after their aircraft developed fuel transfer problems from the wingtip fuel tanks coupled with a very high cross-wind component on the runway
Additional
Information:
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 645.

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