Identity
Person No.
32080
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Msanyana Jacob
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in an aeroplane crash. C47 Dakota crashed in bad weather in the Drakensburg Mountains while on a flight from Waterkloof to Umtata
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SANDF 1,019
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
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Notes
No additional information known at this time
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 98028863PV cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "MTHIYANE, SINDILE WALTER" (LT, Sterf 20 06 00), matching PersonNumber 32079 (Mthiyane, DateDeath 2000-06-20) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "98028863PV". 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.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "502 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
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