Identity
Person No.
19338
Service No.
205941
Last Name
First Name
Wallace William
Initials
W W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Engine cut, lost height and crash landed near Kufra (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #TT2252
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Charles Edwin Oliver and Johanna Jacoba Elizabeth Oliver, of Van Rhynsdorp, Cape Province, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "15 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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Unknown
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