In Memory Of

JACOBS, DANIEL JACOBUS

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 1917-06-11
Service No:
 203018
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 21 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-09-05
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Martin Baltimore Mk III #AH138, spun into ground near Lake Naivasha, Kenya
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 E. 6.
Cemetery:
 GILGIL WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Kenya
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 26 September 1941 pg. 5596 - "This officer has carried out 29 operational sorties, including 18 bombing raids on Abyssinia and Italian Somaliland, in Libya and 4 operational flights in connection with the Crete operations. During these missions, Lieutenant Jacobs has attacked targets of all types, being particularly successful in Abyssinia where he destroyed a number of dispersed enemy aircraft by low level bombing and machine gun attacks. He has inflicted heavy casualties on enemy convoys and has an impressive record of material damage to his credit. Lieutenant Jacobs has also carried out 56 sea reconnaissances and 11 escort patrols for the fleet. His work has been carried out through great tenacity and disregard for his own safety."
Son of Jacobus Johannes and Anna Magretha Jacobs, of 22 Bay Terrace, Durban. Born Pretoria. Educated Addington Primary; Glenwood 1932-35; Glenwood 1st XV Rugby 1935; Natal University College.