Service Details
Name:
 DE WET
Given Name:
 JOHAN LOUIS VENTER
Initials:
 J L V
Service No:
 102660
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-05-04
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Date of Birth:
 1918-11-23
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of exposure, Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7513, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Crashed in bad visibility about 150 miles E of Kufra (Kufra disaster)
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 24 September 1941 pg. 5573
Additional
Information:
Son of Charl Johannes and Jacoba Elisabeth de Wet; husband of Liberty de Wet, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born District Lichtenburg
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19.

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