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Identity
Person No.
20247
Service No.
102078
Last Name
Pienaar 36
First Name
Hope
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 423
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
15 Sqdn. 109
Death Record
Date of Death
04 May 1942 119
Cause of Death
Died of exposure 19
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7610
Grave Reference
Coll. Grave 13. F. 12-19. 8
Location
Country
Libya 785
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA 438
Coordinates
32.09586, 23.71913
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Willem A. and Maria S. Pienaar, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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