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2 Squadron South African Air Force

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113 records in this database

2 Squadron, South African Air Force. Formed on 1 October 1940 and known as the "Flying Cheetahs". It has served in every SAAF combat operation since, through the Second World War, the Korean War and the Border War, and is still flying, operating the JAS 39 Gripen from AFB Makhado.

The Rhodesian Air Force squadron of the same number is a separate unit and has its own record, OrgEntityID 6767.

CORRECTED 25 September 2026. This entity previously carried Branch "Rhodesian" and a description asserting it was Rhodesian Air Force No. 2 Squadron, sourced to Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations. That was wrong: every casualty attached here is South African, almost all with Corps "South African Air Force". The Rhodesian description was matched on the bare squadron number, which South Africa and Rhodesia both used, and the force-split of 27 August 2026 then moved the Rhodesians out to their own entity while the Rhodesian label stayed behind on the South Africans.

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Personnel

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

All (113) Union Defence Force (99) South African Defence Force (11) South African National Defence Force (3)
# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Force Regiment Corps Date of Death
28781 Wood Loxley Delville L D Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-12-02
33887 Wilson William Edmund St. Elmo W E St E Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-02-02
28569 Wilmot John Graham Hunter J G H Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-10-29
33852 Whitehead Kenneth Ralph K R Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-12-03
28131 Whaits Charles Albert C A Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-10-12
27836 Watson Bramwell Leonard B L Air Mechanic UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-12-17
33800 Warren James Charles J C Lance Corporal SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1972-02-10
27724 Warden James Stewart J S Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-06-30
33766 Volkersz Steven S 1st Lieutenant SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1980-10-10
33721 Verster Jesse Powell J P Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-07-01
27285 Vermaak Xavier X Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1946-07-16
33565 Van Rensburg Claude Kenneth C K Stoker UDF South African Navy 1948-10-17
33564 Van Reenen Sebastiaan Valentine S V Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-01-26
25528 Truter St. Elmo S E Major UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-08-21
33216 Taylor David Lacey D L Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-03-20
24439 Sturman Denis Hubert Byrne D H B Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-10-22
24156 Stewart Brian Henry B H Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-10-08
33062 Staats Robert Leslie R L Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-01-17
32851 Scott Theodore Christian T C Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-07-09
32767 Ruiter Denis Aidan D A Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-03-02
32731 Rorke Michael Hope M H Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-05-15
32454 Pearce Lynol Bramley L B Major UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-07-09
19854 Peak Cecil Charles Graham C C G Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-07-18
32438 Patterson Willem Daniel W D Corporal UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-09-26
32429 Parsonson Laurence Walter L W Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-01-06
32423 Pappas Critton John C J Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-11-04
19627 Pannell Douglas Dolley D D Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-09-05
19559 Paddon David D Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-05-27
40739 Orr John J Commandant SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1990-03-28
32305 Norman-Smith Peter Ian P I Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-12-03
18721 Niblock-Stuart John Douglas J D Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1940-12-24
18609 Newby Eric Tom E T Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-06-29
31979 Montgomery Percy P SANDF 1998-01-10
31978 Montanari Francesco Antonio F A Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-09-12
31784 Moir John J Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-12-25
16661 Miller James Barton J B Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-02-20
16675 Miller Robert Charles Wilton R C W Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-10-06
16185 McMASTER Harold Sinclair H S Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-11-11
15975 McGARR Clement Aldwyn Neville C A N Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-04-06
15912 McDONALD Alastair A Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1940-10-23
15874 McCONNELL David Edward Halse D E H Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-08-11
15428 Masson Alfred Quinton A Q Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-07-29
31612 Maree Paul Johannes P J Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1955-05-24
15068 Marais Johannes Eckardt Oosthuizen J E O Colonel UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-01-07
31598 Marais Johannes Stephanus J S Airman SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1988-09-01
31597 Marais John James J J Second Lieutenant UDF 1 Squadron South African Air Force 1954-10-08
31602 Marais Sarel Francois S F Private SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1978-03-15
31413 Louw Michael Anthony M A Air Mechanic SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1969-07-19
13760 Loffhagen Richard Francis R F Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-01-07
31335 Liebenberg Tertius T Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-06-09