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Identity
Person No.
26786
Service No.
206461
Last Name
Van Eck 6
First Name
Jan Christofell
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 427
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
27 September 1942 131
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, damaged by flak LG101, in Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2288
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Regiment
24 Squadron 183
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 268. 41
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 268.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Petrus and Anna van Eck; husband of Mathiana van Eck, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.

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.

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