Identity
Person No.
20541
Service No.
279828V
Last Name
First Name
Izak Hermanus
Initials
I H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA458
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
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 278.
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Francois Jan Jacobus and Johanna Elizabeth Potgieter, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Vereeniging, Transvaal
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.
Citations
Unknown
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