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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
29171 Zwiegelaar Thomas W H T W H Air Mechanic UDF South African Air Force 1944-05-03
29150 Zurschmiede John J Lieutenant UDF 44 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-12-13
33945 Zuidmeer Vsers Mone Izak V M I Flight Sergeant SANDF South African Air Force AFB Swartkop 2009-05-12
29111 Zinn Johannes Arnold J A Lieutenant UDF 12 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-09-04
33933 Zimmerman John Andrew J A Lieutenant SADF South African Air Force Central Flying School 1968-10-18
33934 Zimmerman Louis Harold L H Flight Sergeant UDF South African Air Force Central Flying School 1950-12-13
29102 Zimmerman Robert Alfred R A Lieutenant UDF 24 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-03-06
33931 Zietzman Herman J Cadet UDF South African Air Force 1932-06-25
33928 Zeller Michael James M J Candidate Officer SADF 104 Air Commando Squadron South African Air Force 1981-09-26
29067 Zeederberg Walter Henry Deneys W H D Major UDF South African Air Force 7 Ad 1943-12-20
29049 Zahn John Pilgrim J P Second Lieutenant UDF 21 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-10-03
29035 Youngleson Fox F Lieutenant UDF 171 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-07-23
29011 Young Aubrey Tennyson A T Air Mechanic UDF South African Air Force 1942-02-22
29015 Young Clifford Exmouth C E Air Mechanic UDF 11 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-05-21
29019 Young Ivan William I W Lieutenant UDF 3 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-05-22
28982 Yeats James Herbert J H Air Mechanic UDF South African Air Force 1944-07-06
28981 Yeats John Bailey J B Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 75 Operational Training Unit RAF 1943-08-17
28983 Yeats Samuel V (tossie) S V Warrant Officer UDF South African Air Force 1947-04-01
33918 Yates Clifford C Second Lieutenant SADF South African Air Force 85 Combat Flying School 1973-08-21
28968 Yaldwyn Rodney Halcott R H Lieutenant UDF 15 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-11-12
28969 Yaldwyn Stephen Aubyn S A Lieutenant UDF 267 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-07-11
28936 Wylie William Edward W E Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 71 Operational Training Unit RAF 1943-02-06
28887 Wright H W Second Lieutenant UDF 25 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-12-11
28893 Wright J G Air Mechanic UDF South African Air Force 1943-03-31
28898 Wright R C N Lieutenant UDF 34 Squadron South African Air Force 1945-04-04
28868 Wright Ambrose Oliver Keeton A O K Major UDF South African Air Force 9 Ad 1941-04-26
28869 Wright Clifford Alexander C A Lieutenant UDF 3 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-04-20
28888 Wright James J Air Corporal UDF South African Air Force 1945-01-08
28895 Wright James Mitchell J M Second Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 1525 Flt 1944-01-16
28910 Wright William Bikkers W B Air Sergeant UDF 21 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-11-15
33908 Wragg Robert Henry R H Air Corporal UDF South African Air Force 3 Supply and Transport Depot 1935-09-08
41475 Workel Matthys Wynand M W Lance Corporal SADF South African Air Force 61 Base Workshop 1990-05-08
28846 Wootton Sydney S Air Sergeant UDF South African Air Force 1945-08-05
28817 Woods Ben Nevis B N Warrant Officer Class II UDF 31 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-08-15
28818 Woods Colin Roy C R Flight Sergeant UDF 21 Squadron South African Air Force 1943-05-06
28804 Woodcock John Leonard Treeve J L T Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 1945-07-26
28781 Wood Loxley Delville L D Lieutenant UDF 2 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-12-02
28790 Wood Wilfred Dudley W D Second Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 71 Operational Training Unit RAF 1942-01-09
28795 Wood William Lewis W L Lieutenant UDF 21 Squadron South African Air Force 1941-12-11
28751 Wolmarans Frederick Edwin F E Warrant Officer Class I UDF 15 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-01-04
28755 Wolmarans Joseph Willem J W Lieutenant UDF 23 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-10-02
33899 Wolhuter G H Lance Corporal SADF South African Air Force 1 South African Infantry Battalion 1979-10-15
28739 Woensdregt Willem Jacobus W J Second Lieutenant UDF 16 Squadron South African Air Force 1942-03-29
28735 Wittenberg Ronald Albert R A Lieutenant UDF 34 Squadron South African Air Force 1944-11-22
28732 Witt Norman Walter N W Lieutenant UDF South African Air Force 70 Operational Training Unit 1944-07-04
28728 Withers Harry Des Clayes H D C Air Sergeant UDF South African Air Force 1941-12-16
28705 Wise Burton John B J Lieutenant UDF 66 Air School South African Air Force 1942-09-01
33891 Winterbottom Kevin Roy K R Second Lieutenant SADF 4 Squadron South African Air Force 1976-06-09
33890 Winterbach Tobias Johannes T J Lieutenant SADF 17 Squadron South African Air Force 1966-04-21
28685 Wingfield Richard Sydney Mervyn R S M Lieutenant UDF 450 (R.A.F.) Squadron South African Air Force 1945-04-12

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

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