Identity
Person No.
30214
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Willie
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, in CASA 212 Aviocar #TDF-01, crashed at Umtata shortly after take-off for a routine training flight
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 72000078PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "EICHOLZ, LEONARD JULIUS" (COL, Sterf 07 12 88), matching PersonNumber 30211 (Eichholz, DateDeath 1988-12-07) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "72000078PE". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
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 12 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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