In Memory Of

LOUW, JOHANN

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 1920-01-28
Service No:
 210601V
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Former Regiment:
 formerly 16 Squadron WW2
Date of Death:
 1953-09-08
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6490, while on a night navigation exercise near Oudtshoorn
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 WELLINGTON (CHAMPAGNE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 20 April 1945 pg. 2103
Husband of Rene Stephani Louw (nee du Plessis), of Wingfield, Cape. ref. 85 years of SAAF