In Memory Of

VAN DYK, GABRIEL HENDRIK

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 01459205E
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 Flying Training School Langebaanweg
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1970-05-20
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #512, flipped over on the runway at Air Force Base Langebaanweg while they were attempting to land after their aircraft developed fuel transfer problems from the wingtip fuel tanks coupled with a very high cross-wind component on the runway
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Grave 645.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
ref. 85 years of SAAF