In Memory Of

WINTERBACH, TOBIAS JOHANNES

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 1944-02-27
Service No:
 01505001R
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1966-04-21
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Alouette III #65, at Terrace Bay, South West Africa. They were allocated call sign "SAP 4" and tasked to assist the SAP Sgt Olivier whose vehicle was giving trouble while on patrol near the Cunene River. Together with Flt Sgt HG Morton, SAP member Cst DJA Brand and two officials from the Consolidated Diamond Mines, PJ Holmes and D Bernhardt, they took off to look for Sgt Olivier. As the banked over the sea to turn northwards, the helicopter hit the sea and broke apart. There were no survivors
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 DE DOORNS CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Western Cape
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. T. J. Winterbach. Commemoration plaque at Swakopmund Police Station