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Identity
Person No.
29641
Service No.
P1/37795
Last Name
Burd 2
First Name
Neville Dudley
Initials
N D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1926 (±1 yr) 140
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
18 March 1950 91
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,517
Died in Aircraft Accident, cowling came off in flight and crashed near Baragwanath, in AT-6 Harvard #7046
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
28 Squadron 27
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,850
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (BRAAMFONTEIN) CEMETERY 165
Grave Reference
Cremated at Braamfontein 1
Coordinates
-26.19379, 28.02763 OSM
Unit History
Attached To
53 Bn
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Son of Reginald and Daisy Burd, of Johannesburg. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "28 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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