In Memory Of
DE WET, JOHAN LOUIS VENTER
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
1918-11-23
Service No:
102660
Rank:
Major
Unit:
15 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-05-04
Cause of Death:
Died of exposure, Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7513, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Crashed in bad visibility about 150 miles E of Kufra (Kufra disaster)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Decorations:
Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
LG Sup 24 September 1941 pg. 5573
Son of Charl Johannes and Jacoba Elisabeth de Wet; husband of Liberty de Wet, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born District Lichtenburg