Identity
Person No.
31150
Old ROH no.
2150
Service No.
P1/12320
Last Name
First Name
Rudolph Paul Gustaf
Initials
R P G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #380. Eight aircraft, led by Captain Bolitho, were assigned to attack enemy artillery positions at CT154343. Major R.P.G. Kotzenberg was in the No.4 position. The formation proceeded their bombing run at 10,000 feet, pulling out at 4,000, after which Capt Bolitho headed for the rendezvous point and called his flight to check in. All but Major Kotzenberg did so. Capt Bolitho returned to the target area and observed a secondary fire in the vicinity, which he was unable to definitely establish as the remains of the missing aircraft, and after searching a further 45 minutes he returned to base
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Tanggok, Nam District, Busan, South Korea
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Panel 13
Unit History
Part of
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "2 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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United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea
open source ↗
United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UNMCK), Busan — South African Korean War dead.
Stories 2
Eight aircraft, led by Captain Bolitho, were assigned to attack enemy artillery positions at CT154343. Major R.P.G. Kotzenberg was in the No.4 position. The formation proceeded their bombing run at 10,000 feet, pulling out at 4,000, after which Capt Bolitho headed for the rendezvous point and called his flight to check in. All but Major Kotzenberg did so. Capt Bolitho returned to the target area and observed a secondary fire in the vicinity, which he was unable to definitely establish as the remains of the missing aircraft, and after searching a further 45 minutes he returned to base.
Returned to basis with Hondties Joubert. One moment Joubert saw him flying next to him wing to wing - the next moment his plane was gone.
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