In Memory Of

BRITZ, JOHANNES PETRUS

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 1940-06-25
Service No:
 01238351E
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 1 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1969-11-26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Canadair CL13B Sabre #368, near Pietersburg. While busy with bombing training at the Roodewal Range, his Sabre's engine blew up. He stayed with the aircraft, guiding it away from dwellings but ejected too late
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 02
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Louw Wepener Decoration (Posthumous)
Citations:
 Awarded 19 Mar 1970 - "Major Britz prevented his stricken Sabre fighter aircraft from crashing into a built-up area in Pietersburg, by staying at the controls instead of ejecting by parachute"
Son of Mrs. G. L. Britz. ref. 85 years of SAAF