In Memory Of
DU TOIT, JACOBUS STEPHANUS
Service Details
Age:
26
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
94293
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
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
Son of Egbert and Johanna Wilhelmina Catherina du Toit, of Boksburg North. Born Ermelo.