In Memory Of
VAN RENSBURG, NICOLAS
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
102853V
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
31 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-08-15
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAFVR), shot down by anti-aircraft fire on second supply drop to Polish Home Army Partisans, crashed at Goledzinow near Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG939.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Coll. grave 1. C. 1.
Cemetery:
KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Country:
Poland
Additional Information
Son of Gideon Petrus and Christina van Rensburg, of "De Put", P.O. Trumpsburg. Born Trumpsburg, Orange Free State. A winding engine driver.
