In Memory Of

ODENDAAL, STEPHANUS SEBASTIAAN

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 1938-01-12
Service No:
 01219401E
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 24 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Air Force
Date of Death:
 1969-10-16
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S-51 #415, disappeared over the sea 30km east of the Tugela River Mouth while carrying out night exercises. The crew have no known grave and remain unaccounted for. During 1977, a section of a Buccaneer engine panel and some other wreckage was found in the nets of a fishing trawler when it returned from the area. In 2014, one complete main undercarriage leg with wheel rim and tyre was found in the nets of a fishing trawler returning from the same area. The serial number on the wheel rim positively identified the wreckage as belonging to this aircraft
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Memorial stone - Body not recovered
Cemetery:
 WESSELSBRON CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Free State
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. J. A. Odendaal. ref. 85 years of SAAF