In Memory Of

DE JONGH, ROBERT EDMUND

Service Details
Age:
 29
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 206971V
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 4 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1952-09-01
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7033, collided in mid-air and collided with #7120 and crashed near Barberton
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 VOORTREKKERHOOGTE AREA CEMETERY ?
Cemetery:
 PRETORIA AREA CEMETERY ?
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 31 July 1945 pg. 3926 - "This officer has displayed the highest standard of efficiency and courage. He has completed a very large number of sorties including many reconnaissances. In April 1945, Lieutenant de Jongh was leading a formation of a strafing reconnaissance. A convoy of motor transport was observed in the Montebelluno area. Despite adverse weather and heavy enemy opposition, this officer led the formation into attack. Twelve of the enemy vehicles were subsequently destroyed and a further three damaged. In air fighting Lieutenant de Jongh has been responsible for the destruction of at least one enemy fighter and has damaged others."
Brother of Mrs. M. J. van Wyk, of Plumstead. Born Pretoria. A medical student. ref. 85 years of SAAF