In Memory Of
BOTHA, ADRIAAN JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1921-06-25
Service No:
47828
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1941-06-14
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 from I/JG27 south of Bir Hacheim, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #V7809. His wrecked aircraft was found 52km south of Bir Hacheim by the 7th Armoured Division Operation Battleaxe
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 245.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Born Senekal, Orange Free State, South Africa. Lt A.J Botha had only just became an Ace the day he died with five confirmed aerial victories when earlier he had shot down two Ju-87's. Commemoration stone in Ventersdorp Cemetery
