Stories

Date	#	Person	Story
30 May 2001	34714	Constable Joshua Alexander Fraser South African Police · 1918-10-13	Regt. No. 65 Died on Active Service
30 May 2001	9156	Gunner Harber South African Artillery · 1940-08-18	1 Field Brigade Died on Active Service
30 May 2001	13828	Gunner Adrian Zagarais Albertus Loots South African Artillery · 1941-02-16	1 Field Battery Died on Active Service
30 May 2001	21470	Gunner Ricklan South African Artillery · 1940-11-03	1 Field Regiment Killed in Action
30 May 2001	1217	Lance Bombardier Hamilton Brownlee Barry South African Artillery · 1941-04-23	1 Field
30 May 2001	6793	Lance Bombardier Alexander Evans South African Artillery · 1941-08-04	1 Field
30 May 2001	22333	Gunner James Philip Sayers South African Artillery · 1941-04-09	1 Field
30 May 2001	15987	Lieutenant George Woodrow McGibbon South African Artillery · 1942-06-20	1
30 May 2001	28219	Warrant Officer Class II Richard Thomas White South African Artillery · 1942-05-26	1
30 May 2001	3925	Sergeant Desmond Douglas Preston Clarke South African Artillery · 1942-05-30	1
30 May 2001	8369	Sergeant Jack Stanbrook Goodeve South African Artillery · 1942-07-13	1
04 June 2001	726	Corporal Lim Asia Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces · 1944-04-18	Cpl. Koorts was my platoon seargent when I was busy with Basics at 8SAI in Upington in 1988. Later in 1988, Koorts was posted to the operational area and was patrolling near Cuito Cuanavale. They were attacked one after…
17 June 2001	31277	Second Lieutenant Douglas Raymond Leah South African Air Force · 1951-02-07	On 7 February 1951, 2Lt D.R. Leah was flying one of four Mustangs, led by Commandant S. Theron, on a reconnaissance of the Wonsan-Hamhung area, on the east coast of North Korea. After expending their bombs on a supply d…
17 June 2001	30110	Lieutenant Gordon Derrick Doveton South African Air Force · 1951-02-15	At 13H00 on the 15th February 1951, Lt Doveton and Lt McKellar took off from their airfield at K-10, Chinhae, to conduct an armed reconnaissance mission in the vicinity of Kaesong-Haeju-Sariwon. After attacking a few di…
19 June 2001	33887	Lieutenant William Edmund St. Elmo Wilson South African Air Force · 1951-02-02	Lts W.E. St E. Wilson, Frost, Gow and de la Harpe were conducting an armed reconnaissance of road routes from Wonsan through Hamhung, terminating at the Chosin reservoir. After arriving over Wonsan, Lt Wilson informed L…
19 June 2001	32767	Lieutenant Denis Aidan Ruiter South African Air Force · 1951-03-02	Lt D.A. Ruiter, with Lt M. Rorke as his No.2 were on a mission when Lt Ruiter reported that his engine temperature was fluctuating, and got Lt Rorke to investigate. He found that the coolant shutter was open, and Lt Rui…
19 June 2001	29310	Captain Wessel Jacobus Johannes Badenhorst South African Air Force · 1951-03-02	Capt W.J.J. Badenhorst, together with Lt Paterson and 2Lt Ansell, were conducting an armed reconnaissance north of Sinanju, Lt Richter of their patrol having already turned back due to engine trouble. The three remainin…
19 June 2001	29937	Captain John Frederick Oliver Davis South African Air Force · 1951-03-10	Four aircraft piloted by Capt J.F.O. Davis, Maj Blaauw, and Lts Cooke and McDonald were on a close support mission, their target being enemy troops in a valley near Yangdogwoni-ni, between the Han and Pukham Rivers. A m…
19 June 2001	29385	Captain Frederick Marthinus Bekker South African Air Force · 1951-07-23	T/Capt F.M. Bekker, together with Lt R.M. du Plooy, and 2Lts M.I.B. Halley and D.A.R Green, was tasked to conduct a weather reconnaissance of the West Coast of North Korea. They proceeded up the Han Gang River at about…
19 June 2001	30146	Lieutenant Roelof Michiel Du Plooy South African Air Force · 1951-07-23	T/Capt F.M. Bekker, together with Lt R.M. du Plooy, and 2Lts M.I.B. Halley and D.A.R Green, was tasked to conduct a weather reconnaissance of the West Coast of North Korea. They proceeded up the Han Gang River at about…
19 June 2001	29440	Lieutenant Norman Biden South African Air Force · 1951-09-05	Lt N.Biden was a member of a flight detailed to attack an artillery position in the 'Punchbowl' area. His aircraft failed to pull out of it's dive during the napalm attack, and crashed into the ground and burst into fla…
19 June 2001	31978	Lieutenant Francesco Antonio Montanari South African Air Force · 1951-09-12	Lt F.A. Montanari was leader of a flight of four Mustangs conducting an armed reconnaissance from Inchon to Majon-ni. While flying above cloud, he informed his flight that he was going below to have a closer look at a r…
19 June 2001	30945	Second Lieutenant Harold Theodore Retief Joyce South African Air Force · 1951-09-29	2Lt Joyce was flying as No.2 to Lt Pretorius, on a rail interdiction mission. About 20 miles north of the bomb line the No.3, Lt Beamish, reported that he had a coolant leak and he and the No.4 Mustang were ordered to r…
19 June 2001	32423	Second Lieutenant Critton John Pappas South African Air Force · 1951-11-04	A flight of four Mustangs, led by Lt Pretorius, conducted a rail interdiction mission in the YD area. After attacking their primary target successfully, they proceeded to a village north-east of Sibyon-ni, which they at… — John Dovey
19 June 2001	2139	Private Felix Borez Cape Corps, S.A. Forces · 1942-01-06	Capt A. Janse van Rensburg was the leader of a flight armed with VT fused bombs for flak suppression. After encountering little flak at their primary target, he led the flight to a village south-east of Suan, that was b…
19 June 2001	31297	Second Lieutenant Jack Norman Lellyet South African Air Force · 1952-02-29	Capt Leathers, with 2Lt J.N. Lellyet as his No.2, was leading four aircraft on a training flight, a simulated interdiction strike on a rail bridge over a river. They arrived over the designated area at 10500 feet, and c…
19 June 2001	29337	Lieutenant Gustav Jerome Baransky South African Air Force · 1952-04-20	Lt G.J. Baransky was a member of a Rescue Flight, led by USAF 1Lt Stapley, on standby over Cho-Do Island. They were supplying a combat air patrol (CAP) for a pilot who had baled out. This pilot asked Stapley to move fur…
19 June 2001	32851	Lieutenant Theodore Christian Scott South African Air Force · 1952-07-09	Lt T.C. Scott was the leader of a flight that were tasked to attack targets east of Kaesong. On arrival in the target area, Lt Scott experienced difficulties with his radio, and handed over the lead to his No.3, Lt Sing…
19 June 2001	31784	Lieutenant John Moir South African Air Force · 1952-12-25	Capt Nortje and Lt J. Moir were briefed to conduct a bomb line patrol. Arriving over Chorwon at 10000 feet, they flew between Chorwon and Kumwa, to a position just north of the Hwachon reservoir. Here they spotted a lig…
21 June 2001	31907	Rifleman Jan Jacobus Minnie South African Infantry Corps · 1981-08-21	In memory of Minnie In late 1981, at Umathiya, various Infantry School companies were undergoing the normal strict Infantry School evaluation prior to being deployed in an operation that we were being prepared for. It t… — de Bruin
21 June 2001	30442	Lieutenant Albert Garrett Frisby South African Air Force · 1951-06-22	Lt A.G. Frisby was leading a flight of four Mustangs on an armed reconnaissance just north of Hanpo-ri. The flight had reached a position roughly four miles north-west of Sibyon-ni, when Lt Frisby reported that he had b…
21 June 2001	29977	Second Lieutenant Christian Lodewyk De Jongh South African Air Force · 1951-08-14	On a 64 aircraft raid against Pyongyang, 2Lt C.L. de Jong was flying in the No.2 position behind his flight leader, 2Lt Earp, with Lt van den Bos and 2Lt Marchand in the No.3 and No.4 positions respectively. During thei…
21 June 2001	30563	Second Lieutenant Martin Olckers Grunder South African Air Force · 1951-09-01	2Lt M.O. Grunder was leading a flight of four Mustangs to cut rail and other supply routes. After completing the primary sortie, they headed south, and over Youndong 2Lt Grunder spotted something on the ground, in a woo…
21 June 2001	31160	Lieutenant George Hutton Krohn South African Air Force · 1951-11-24	Lt H.G. Krohn was a member of a flight tasked with rail interdiction. On take off, Lt Krohn aborted due to a fault with his radiator, and was delayed 10 minutes, the rest of his flight continuing without him. After his…
28 June 2001	29399	Lance Corporal Melvin Ashley Benecke 1 Parachute Battalion · 1987-09-06	Always remembered as a friendly and quite person. Sad day that he left us,so could not help but remmember him and been on my mind for years,as I was injured 6 weeks later. Stephen Janse Van Rensburg( paratroopersky@hotm…
02 July 2001	33721	Second Lieutenant Jesse Powell Verster South African Air Force · 1951-07-01	2Lt J.P. Verster was reported overdue while ferrying an aircraft between the airfields at K-10 and K-16. The following day a report was received, stating that a wrecked aircraft had been found north east of Sosan. A Kor…
02 July 2001	32454	Major Lynol Bramley Pearce South African Air Force · 1951-07-09	Four aircraft, piloted by Lt Marshall, Major L.B. Pearce, 2Lt Howe and Lt Parker were on a ferry flight between K-10 and K-16, in poor weather. Lt Marshall informed his flight to fly VFR or return to K-10 if unable to d…
02 July 2001	32438	Corporal Willem Daniel Patterson South African Air Force · 1951-09-26	A/Cpl W.D. Patterson was a member of a detail loading an aircraft at K-10, Chinhae, and was directing a transport vehicle that was reversing towards the aircraft. This vehicle failed to stop, and crushed A/Cpl Patterson…
02 July 2001	32305	Lieutenant Peter Ian Norman-Smith South African Air Force · 1951-12-03	Lt P.I. Norman-Smith was leader of four "A" Flight Mustangs returning to base, following a successful mission. After becoming disorientated due to cloud encountered, Lt Norman-Smith contacted Control and requested a cou…
02 July 2001	33852	Second Lieutenant Kenneth Ralph Whitehead South African Air Force · 1951-12-03	Lt P.I. Norman-Smith was leader of four "A" Flight Mustangs returning to base, following a successful mission. After becoming disorientated due to cloud encountered, Lt Norman-Smith contacted Control and requested a cou…