In Memory Of
POTGIETER, VICTOR
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
131877V
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
104 Water Boring Section
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
1944-09-09
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, both engines failed on a C47, flying in bad weather, whilst on a photographic reconnaissance mission over central Greece. The aircraft crashed into the side of a mountain near the hamlet of Stevenikon. As well as the crew on board the Dakota of 12th Troop Carrier Squadron (TCS) based in Brindisi were several members of both SOE Force 133 and their US counterparts the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Buried in a collective grave with 11 other men from UK and USA
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Sec. 2. Coll. grave 3435F.
Cemetery:
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Localitly:
Virginia
Country:
United States of America
Additional Information
Son of Marthinus Philippus Gerhardus and Susanna Catharina Potgieter, of Carolina, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Carolina, Transvaal. B.Sc. Civil Engr.
