In Memory Of

DU TOIT, JOHANNES CHRISTIAAN FREDERICK

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 110826
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
 218 (Gold Coast) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-10-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Stirling W7613, on way back to base was attacked by a German night fighter piloted by Major Gunther Radusch of Stab. II./NJG 3 at 0104 hours and is believed to have crashed into Juvre Dyb to the north west of the island of Rømø with the loss of the entire crew. Pilot F/Lt Johannes C. F. du Toit and Pilot Wing Cdr. Montagu F. B. Read were both found drifted ashore near Hvidding on 17/10 and laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 20/10.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 AIII. 9. 20.
Cemetery:
 ESBJERG (FOURFELT) CEMETERY
Country:
 Denmark
Additional Information
Son of Paul Willem du Toit, and of Helena du Toit, of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa.