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Identity
Person No.
31292
Old ROH no.
35242
Service No.
96717194PW
Last Name
First Name
Andrew Patrick
Initials
A P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Aircraft Accident, near border of Mozambique, in Cessna 185A #729. Lt. Andrew Leith (21) of Lynnwood, Pretoria, was one of 4 people in a Cessna 185 that crashed about 56 km south of Komatipoort. The flight was a routine border patrol. Capt. Rassie Botes and Sgt. Werner Grobelaar of Kimberley, and Cpl. Lindie Marcus of AFB Hoedspruit were taken to 1 Military Hospital with serious injuries
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,026
South African National Defence Force
Unit History
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Leith.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "44 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.

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