In Memory Of
STRYDOM, JOHANNES JACOBUS
Service Details
Age:
28
Date of Birth:
1951-05-01
Service No:
67280305PM
Rank:
Captain (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
24 Sqdn.
Regiment:
South African Air Force (Rhodesian Air Force)
Date of Death:
1979-10-03
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, Canberra B2 #R5203, shot down by ground fire, near Chimoi, Mozambique, during Operation Miracle. The crash site was located and marked in 2007
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Body not recovered - Location of crash site Mozambique S18 30 19.5 E33 00 16.3
Cemetery:
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Crash site identified by Bob Manser in 2007. ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt. Amendments from Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981, by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
