In Memory Of
VAN DEN HEEVER, PETRUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1931-10-13
Service No:
P1/41772
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
Air Operations School Langebaanweg
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1952-10-03
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5556, crashed into sea near Saldahna after attack on drogue. He attempted to bale out but the parachute did not deploy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Alternative Commemoration until grave found
Cemetery:
CAPE TOWN AREA CEMETERY ?
Localitly:
Western Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Martin Pelser and Anna Magrietha van den Heever, of Deneysville. Born Bloemfontein. ref. 85 years of SAAF