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Identity
Person No.
30828
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Janse Van Rensburg 28
First Name
Jacobus Stefanus
Initials
J S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1937 (±1 yr) 70
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
08 September 1956 100
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Killed in aircraft accident, crashed near Pretoria, in AT-6 Harvard #7718, He struck the ground while busy with instrument flying exercises, 6.5 miles NE of Eastlynne
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
4 Squadron 69
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Mpumalanga 425
Cemetery
PRIVATE CEMETERY, BOSMANSFONTEIN FARM, HENDRINA 1
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026 (year-prefix method): ServiceNo 80359672BG cleared -- per the documented SA force-number convention (data/SA_SERVICE_NUMBER_NOTES.md), the prefix '80' implies registration circa 1980 (usually age 16), i.e. birth circa 1964. This record's own Age/DateDeath implies birth circa 1937, a mismatch; PersonNumber 30827 (Janse Van Rensburg, implied birth circa 1964) fits instead. Original value: "80359672BG".
5 Sep 2026: Unit "4 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
8 Sep 2026: Graham du Toit's Last Post gives Age 24; this record's own stored Age is 19. Flagged, not changed.

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