In Memory Of

SWANEPOEL, RUDOLPH JOHANNES

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 58738
Rank:
 Air Mechanic
Unit:
 15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1942-05-04
Cause of Death:
 Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7610
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19.
Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Son of Johannes W. and Magdalena M. Swanepoel, of Robertson, Cape Province, South Africa.