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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
31297 Lellyet Jack Norman J N Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-02-29
13258 Legoff Louis Allan L A Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-01-09
31279 Lebelo Lesibana Johan L J Rifleman SANDF Norther 1995-01-29
31277 Leah Douglas Raymond D R Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-02-07
12826 Laing Russel Erol R E Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-12-02
31160 Krohn George Hutton G H Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-11-24
12597 Kourie Joseph A J A Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-08-29
31150 Kotzenberg Rudolph Paul Gustaf R P G Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-08-22
31134 Koster Petrus Jacobus P J Captain SANDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 2000-11-27
12521 Kok Jacobus Albertus J A Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-07-29
11970 Kelly Francis William (kutch) F W Sergeant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-06-11
30945 Joyce Harold Theodore Retief H T R Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-09-29
11530 Jordan Edward Charles E C Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-12-02
30821 Janse Van Rensburg Amos A J Sergeant SADF 1981-12-29
30820 Janse Van Rensburg Amos A Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-11-29
11018 Jamieson Alexander Graham A G Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-02-10
10798 Jackson Peter Harley Molineux P H M Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-10-20
10705 Ironside Harold Edmond H E Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-09-01
10488 Hulley William Hargreaves W H Air Sergeant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-05-24
10365 Howat William Frederick W F Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-10-13
10350 Howard H F Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-04-25
10243 Hopkins Arthur Ernest Mitchell A E M Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-03-31
30743 Holtzhausen John Owen J O Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-04-10
10134 Holliday Eric Basil Mabin E B M Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-01-07
9932 Hinde Desmond Arthur D A Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-12-02
9502 Hay Vivian John V J Air Mechanic UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-03-27
30624 Harburn Richard Arthur R A Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1952-02-11
43410 Halley M I B Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1954-08-15
8912 Gunyon Nigel McMahon N M Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-10-19
30563 Grunder Martin Olckers M O Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-09-01
30519 Gray Robert Edward R E Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1949-08-18
7944 Gaynor John Henry J H Major UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-03-03
7699 Fritz Pieter De Jager P D J Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-05-07
30442 Frisby Albert Garrett A G Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-06-22
7349 Ford Norman Soames N S Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-05-27
7292 Flynn Michael M Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-12-28
30333 Fletcher Bryan Michael B M Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1955-11-24
30147 Du Preez Anton Renier A R Lance Corporal SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1980-07-08
30145 Du Plooy Rocco Bernard R B Private SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1981-08-01
30146 Du Plooy Roelof Michiel R M Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-07-23
6020 Driver David D Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-10-07
30110 Doveton Gordon Derrick G D Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-02-15
5841 Dodson John Francis Rollo J F R Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-12-04
5745 Dimmock Bert Ronald B R Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-05-07
5455 De Waal Johannes Olivier J O Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-05-25
29995 De Kok Leon Desmond L D SADF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1989-10-26
5316 De Klerk Lorriane L Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-03-24
29977 De Jongh Christian Lodewyk C L Second Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-08-14
29937 Davis John Frederick Oliver J F O Captain UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1951-03-10
4793 Cullum Noel John N J Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-10-10