Identity
Person No.
30341
Service No.
P5461
Last Name
First Name
Eric Lionel
Initials
E L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, struck ground during low level aerobatics and crashed near Richards Bay, in AT-6 Harvard #7304
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
111 STSD
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Husband of Mrs. L. M. Fordham. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "5 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 1 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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