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Identity
Person No.
30484
Old ROH no.
508
Service No.
76318641PE
Last Name
Goldstein 4
First Name
Leon
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 380
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
14 July 1982 134
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,517
Died in Aircraft Accident, Swearingen Merlin 4A #ZS-JLZ, crashed following mid-air collision with Piper Pa-31 Navajo ZS-KTX over Swartkops. The collision occurred when returning from Namibia and on final approach to Waterkloof Air Base and the Navajo was on final approach to Wonderboom Airport
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
21 Squadron 142
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,866
Locality
KwaZulu-Natal 1,589
Cemetery
DURBAN (RED HILL) CEMETERY 16
Grave Reference
Grave 109A Orthodox Sec (Jewish Section) 1
Coordinates
-29.77261, 31.03398 OSM
Notes

Son of Mr. P. and Sarah Goldstein, of Durban. ***Jewish

Research notes


Roelf de Bruyn (SAAF Air Force Policeman on scene, ROH story 23 Dec 2015): eyewitness account of the crash-site aftermath near Erasmia, corroborating the existing mid-air-collision record; confirms fatalities included children aboard the civilian Merlin (ZS-JLZ).
5 Sep 2026: Unit "21 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 3
on 30 September 2003 · via source
Crashed following mid-air collision
on 30 September 2003 · via source
He was co-pilot to Capt J.I.T de Villiers and had F/Srg Annerie Niemand as their Air Hostess. 14 People died on that tragic day.
by Roelf de Bruyn on 23 December 2015
At the time I was an Air Force Policeman stationed at Swartkops. We were summoned to the scene of the accident near Erasmia and I had to stand guard, the whole night, at the Civy plane, which was on the top of the hill. Only when it got light the next morning, one could really comprehend the scale of the tragedy. What I saw is to gruesome to describe. The worst was the two kids, one lying face down and one face up. This is a picture I will never forget. The scene of the Merlin at the bottom of the hill was just as bad.
Dedications 1
by Lilian on 30 September 2003 · via source
Will always remamber you..