In Memory Of
VENTER, CHRISTIAAN HATTINGH
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1930-07-04
Service No:
P1/40566
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Unit:
Air Operations School Langebaanweg
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1951-05-12
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5534, crashed into sea off Toothrock Range, near Saldanha. Aircraft pulled out very low after a rocket attack then dived steeply into the sea.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Body not recovered - Memorial stone in Elsburg Cemetery, Germiston. (Stone incorrectly engraved 2Lt Hattingh)
Cemetery:
ELSBURG CEMETERY, GERMISTON
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. J. O. Venter, of Pinelands. ref. 85 years of SAAF
