In Memory Of

MONTANARI, FRANCESCO ANTONIO

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 P1/22053
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 2 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1951-09-12
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, North American F-51 Mustang #351. Lt F. A. Montanari was leader of a flight of four Mustangs conducting an armed reconnaissance from Inchon to Majon-ni. While flying above cloud, he informed his flight that he was going below to have a closer look at a road. While flying down the side of a hill at 2000 feet, his aircraft was hit by flak, and immediately began streaming glycol coolant as he climbed again to 3000 feet. He flicked into a slight spin, recovered briefly and attempted to crash-land in a shallow riverbed, but his aircraft disintegrated on impact.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 13
Cemetery:
 UNITED NATIONS PUSAN MEMORIAL
Country:
 South Korea
Additional Information
ref. 85 years of SAAF