Identity
Person No.
1548
Service No.
205468
Last Name
First Name
Frederick Hendrik Jacobus
Initials
F H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot down by fighters near Mechili, crashed 46 km southwest of Bir Hacheim, in Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2225
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 268.
Unit History
Notes
Son of Jan George and Evelina Johanna Wortley Bender, of Johannesburg. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "24 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
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