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Identity
Person No.
31560
Old ROH no.
880
Service No.
76927409SP
Last Name
First Name
Teixeira
Initials
T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in aircraft accident, in Aerospatiale SA330C/H Puma #155, struck trees and crashed during take-off near Cassinga while carrying out trooping during Ops Askari. Burnt to death. He was the only fatality in this incident
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Within the Voortrekker Monument heritage precinct, Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
No. 93
Operation
Operation
Dates
1983-12-09 to 1984-01-19
About
Major SADF operation into southern Angola against SWAPO and, for the first time on this scale, directly-engaged FAPLA forces around Cuvelai and Cahama; unexpectedly heavy FAPLA/Cuban resistance and losses on both sides contributed to the diplomatic track that produced the February 1984 Lusaka Accord.
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

Husband of R. K. Kalipa. ref. 85 Years of the SAAF lists 1 unknown passenger as having died and ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma lists 2 unknown 32 Bn members as having died.

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Dec 2022: 76927409SP Rifleman Teixeira Manganhes, 32 Battalion, burnt to death when Aerospatiale SA330C/H Puma serial 155 struck trees and crashed during take-off near Cassinga while trooping on Ops Askari. Only fatality in this incident, age 31. Aerospatiable corrected to Aerospatiale. Cassinga / only-fatality filled. AddInfo already notes 85 Years of the SAAF (1 unknown passenger) and Die Buffel Struikel (2 unknown 32 Bn) — not overwritten.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".

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