In Memory Of

LIEBENBERG, TERTIUS

Service Details
Age:
 25
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 P1/40567
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1951-06-09
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, North American F-51 Mustang #333. 2Lt T. Liebenberg, a new pilot in the squadron, was about to undertake his first mission from K-10. Take off time was approximately 07H00 and 2Lt Liebenberg, in the No.4 position, was the last to take off. As his aircraft gathered speed it started veering to the left, off the runway in the direction of the control tower. It struck a ditch, wiping the undercarriage off, and collided with a parked American aircraft, bursting into flames as it did so. He died in the resulting fire.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot 13, Row 1, Grave 434
Cemetery:
 UNITED NATIONS PUSAN CEMETERY
Country:
 South Korea
Additional Information
Son of Mr. H. C. Liebenberg, of the Hill, Johannesburg. ref. 85 years of SAAF