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Identity
Person No.
30936
Old ROH no.
35634
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, near Cape Point, in Dassault Mirage F1AZ #234
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SADF 3,822
South African Defence Force
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 73487209BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "JOUBERT, JOHANNES JACOBUS" (PTE, Sterf 07 07 80), matching PersonNumber 30935 (Joubert, DateDeath 1980-07-07) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "73487209BG". 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.
FirstName contamination fixed 31 Aug 2026 (systemic full-table scan): FirstName ("Johannes Jacobus") was copied from the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 30935 ("Joubert, Johannes Jacobus", initials J J) -- this record's own stored initials (L) don't match "Johannes Jacobus" at all. Confirmed by the existing 25 Aug 2026 SN CORRECTION note on this record, which already identified PersonNumber 30935 as the true owner of this record's copied ServiceNo via the same external source. Cleared back to unknown rather than guessed.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "1 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 24 against this record's 22. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Chamonn Lottering on 02 November 2010 · via source
Cpt. Louis Joubert managed to eject in level attituted 330ft., 500kt. flying in formation together with Maj. Alan Brand. Lost presumed drowned. Crashed into the Atlantic Ocean 50 miles south south west of Cape Point. Mirage F1 AZ tail number 234. It is not clear if he had a pre-mature ejection or ejected himself.
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