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Identity
Person No.
29622
Service No.
P13796
Last Name
Brown 140
First Name
James Henry
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1932 (±1 yr) 79
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
08 September 1953 100
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,517
Killed in aircraft accident, while on a night navigation exercise near Oudtshoorn, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #6490
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Corporal
Regiment
17 Squadron 77
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
452 Parachute Battalion
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,859
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY 478
Grave Reference
grave 4850 Gen 1
Coordinates
-26.15926, 27.9943 OSM
Notes

Next of Kin listed as H. J. Brown of Regents Park, Johannesburg. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "17 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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