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SANDF Air Force overview. Active squadrons, training units, reserve squadrons, bases, and selected historical wings — seeded from Wikipedia Template:SAAF navbox. Leaf boxes link to organisation records where they exist on the roll.

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Personnel

3,544 on the roll across 6 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (3,544) Union Defence Force (2,889) South African Defence Force (568) South African National Defence Force (83) Rhodesian Security Forces (2) Blank Force (1) British forces (1)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Unit Date of Death
5 Abbott Christian Peter C P Air Mechanic UDF South African Air Force 1945-05-27
7 Abbott George Eric G E Lieutenant UDF 16 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-09-23
26 Aberdein James Sidwell J S Lieutenant UDF 3 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-02-17
71 Abramowitz Abraham Elijah A E Lieutenant UDF 15 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-08-26
29185 Acacio A Corporal SADF Portuguese Forces South African Air Force 1966-01-08
83 Achterberg Jan Leendert J L Air Pupil UDF 66 Air School South African Air Force 1942-05-14
90 Ackerman Lloyd William L W Air Corporal UDF 1 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-08-11
93 Ackerman William Hendrick W H Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 1944-10-16
102 Adam James Clifford J C Air Mechanic UDF 15 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-06-17
112 Adams Cecil John C J Air Sergeant UDF South African Air Force 1941-07-17
122 Adams Edward Charles E C Air Sergeant UDF 11 Squadron South African Air Force 1940-09-12
133 Adams Henry H Air Mechanic UDF 24 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-01-17
134 Adams Henry Douglas H D Second Lieutenant UDF 5 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-02-02
184 Adamson Geoffrey G Air Mechanic UDF South African Air Force 1941-02-23
188 Adcock Charles Henry C H Captain UDF South African Air Force 1942-04-09
41599 Ahrens Johannes Petrus Karl J P K Private SADF 68 Air School South African Air Force 1963-11-24
243 Aiken Alan Bertram A B Warrant Officer Class I UDF 24 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-03-06
254 Ainslie Ross Rennie Stewart (billie) R R S Air Mechanic UDF South African Air Force 1942-06-02
259 Airey Eric William (dave) E W Lieutenant UDF 12 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-02-10
263 Aitchison EDWARD LeRICHE E L Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 74 Operational Training Unit RAF 1944-01-16
29216 Alberts Hendrik Willem H W Second Lieutenant SADF 4 Squadron South African Air Force 1973-06-19
286 Alcock Jack Oswald J O Pupil Pilot UDF 2 Air School South African Air Force 1940-12-31
291 Alder Alfred William A W Lieutenant UDF 4 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-11-12
292 Alder Hugh Ralph Lawrence H R L Major UDF 12 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-07-13
308 Alexander Bernard George B G Lieutenant UDF 24 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-12-10
321 Alexander Patrick St. John P S J Lieutenant UDF 34 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-08-28
323 Alexander Richard James R J Lieutenant UDF 15 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-04-04
324 Alexander Theodore Dufton T D Second Lieutenant UDF 15 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-09-17
31077 Allan-King John Robert J R Cadet UDF South African Air Force TUC Sqn 1930-09-13
363 Allen Charles Herbert C H Second Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 72 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-07-23
367 Allen Frederick Morley F M Pupil Pilot UDF 1 Air School South African Air Force 1941-09-11
374 Allen Leonard Charles L C Captain UDF 31 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-08-17
376 Allen Paul J P J Air Mechanic UDF 12 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-11-15
403 Allison Walter Mayne W M Lieutenant UDF 22 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-01-31
404 Allison William Ronald W R Lieutenant UDF 80 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-03-01
414 Alpert Daniel D Air Corporal UDF South African Air Force 1945-07-19
429 Amm Bryce Bothwell B B Second Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force C. A. T. Depot 1940-03-22
438 Anders Elwyn Robert Lougher E R L Second Lieutenant UDF 62 Air School South African Air Force 1943-01-04
450 Anderson Charles Denys C D Lieutenant UDF 31 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-08-07
455 Anderson Edward Charles E C Lieutenant UDF 6 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-06-24
472 Anderson John J Warrant Officer Class I UDF 17 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-01-28
478 Anderson Neil N Lieutenant UDF 232 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-03-06
481 Anderson Robert R Pupil Pilot UDF 25 Air School South African Air Force 1943-06-28
502 Anderson William W Air Sergeant UDF 12 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-05-11
513 Andersson Algernon Lloyd Anthony A L A Warrant Officer Class II UDF 15 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-02-21
527 Andrews Desmond Lionel D L Warrant Officer Class I UDF South African Air Force 1944-10-16
529 Andrews Ernest Raymond E R Air Mechanic UDF 26 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-02-03
534 Andrews John Edward J E Lieutenant UDF 55 (R.A.F.) Squadron South African Air Force 1944-07-15
539 Andrews Peter Herbert P H Lieutenant UDF 31 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-08-15
538 Andrews Robert Allan R A Air Mechanic UDF 21 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-09-09

Source: https://rohsa.co.za/org.php?dir=asc&id=4205&pdf=1

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