2 Squadron South African Air Force

Unit

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.

Wikipedia

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Formation	Type	Relationship	Dates
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons	Category	organic
rsf-oob:rhodesian-air-force

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
29310	Badenhorst	Wessel Jacobus Johannes	W J J	Captain	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-03-02
985	Ball	Frank James	F J	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-04-25
29337	Baransky	Gustav Jerome	G J	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1952-04-20
29385	Bekker	Frederick Marthinus	F M	Captain	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-07-23
1646	Berrange	Leonard James Peter	L J P	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-06-07
29440	Biden	Norman	N	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-09-05
29542	Botha	Michael Coenraad	M C	Second Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1953-08-28
2518	Breakey	Thomas James McDonald	T J M	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1945-04-25
2781	Brown	Ivan	I	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-05-29
3012	Burdon	Vernon Rooke	V R	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-11-11
29695	Carpenter	Ronald Henry	R H	Warrant Officer Class II	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-07-06
29696	Carreira	Anthony John	A J	Air Mechanic	SADF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1969-01-06
4239	Colenbrander	Adrian Montague	A M	Major	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-11-13
4793	Cullum	Noel John	N J	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1941-10-10
29937	Davis	John Frederick Oliver	J F O	Captain	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-03-10
29977	De Jongh	Christian Lodewyk	C L	Second Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-08-14
5316	De Klerk	Lorriane	L	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1945-03-24
29995	De Kok	Leon Desmond	L D		SADF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1989-10-26
5455	De Waal	Johannes Olivier	J O	Captain	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1944-05-25
5745	Dimmock	Bert Ronald	B R	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1941-05-07
5841	Dodson	John Francis Rollo	J F R	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1941-12-04
30110	Doveton	Gordon Derrick	G D	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-02-15
6020	Driver	David	D	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1943-10-07
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
30147	Du Preez	Anton Renier	A R	Lance Corporal	SADF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1980-07-08
30333	Fletcher	Bryan Michael	B M	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1955-11-24
7292	Flynn	Michael	M	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1944-12-28
7349	Ford	Norman Soames	N S	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-05-27
30442	Frisby	Albert Garrett	A G	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-06-22
7699	Fritz	Pieter De Jager	P D J	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1941-05-07
7944	Gaynor	John Henry	J H	Major	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1944-03-03
30519	Gray	Robert Edward	R E	Captain	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1949-08-18
30563	Grunder	Martin Olckers	M O	Second Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1951-09-01
8912	Gunyon	Nigel McMahon	N M	Second Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-10-19
43410	Halley		M I B	Second Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1954-08-15
30624	Harburn	Richard Arthur	R A	Captain	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1952-02-11
9502	Hay	Vivian John	V J	Air Mechanic	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-03-27
9932	Hinde	Desmond Arthur	D A	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1941-12-02
10134	Holliday	Eric Basil Mabin	E B M	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-01-07
30743	Holtzhausen	John Owen	J O	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1952-04-10
10243	Hopkins	Arthur Ernest Mitchell	A E M	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-03-31
10350	Howard		H F	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-04-25
10365	Howat	William Frederick	W F	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-10-13
10488	Hulley	William Hargreaves	W H	Air Sergeant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1943-05-24
10705	Ironside	Harold Edmond	H E	Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-09-01
10798	Jackson	Peter Harley Molineux	P H M	Second Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-10-20
11018	Jamieson	Alexander Graham	A G	Second Lieutenant	UDF	2 Squadron	South African Air Force	1942-02-10
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