Identity
Person No.
29604
Old ROH no.
159
Service No.
PX50501
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Theodores
Initials
J T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, struck ground in steep dive, while undergoing a test flight after a service, 13 miles NE of Bloemspruit, on the farm Elim, in AT-6 Harvard #7049
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Major A. J. Brits, of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "8 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 4 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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