In Memory Of

BLOEM, EDWARD MICHAEL

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 1947-03-15
Service No:
 05547849PE
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1986-07-16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in Action when his Alouette III Helicopter # 43, collided with a radio mast stay-wire at Okankolo (17 57 24 S 016 25 32 E) in Northern Owamboland during late afternoon counter-insurgency operations in the area. The helicopter was operating out of Air Force Base Ondangwa.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Kwazulu Natal
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Husband of Mrs. J. E. Bloem. ref. 85 years of SAAF