Name: |
DU TOIT |
Given Name: |
JOHAN HENDRIK |
Initials: |
J H |
Service No: |
328617V |
Rank: |
LieutenantOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Air Force |
Unit: |
26 Sqdn.Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1944-10-03Other Casualties on this
Date |
Date of Birth: |
1922-02-02 |
Age: |
22 |
Cause of Death: |
Killed in action, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #HZ522, missing on patrol. Scrambled to go to the assistance of a Sunderland flying boat that had sent out a distress signal. No one knows what happened but towards evening another Sunderland spotted burning wreckage on the surface of the sea far away from where the crews of the originally missing Sunderland were eventually picked up by the hospital ship "Chantilly". The Wellington and its crew were officially posted "missing". After a few hours the posting was reclassified to "presumed dead". Subsequent searches found no trace of the missing Wellington or its 6 crew |
Additional
Information: |
Son of Andries Hendrik du Toit and Anna Elizabeth (nee van den Heever) du Toit, of Vryburg. A clerk. Commemoration stone in Vryburg Cemetery, North West Province |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2025-10-22
