Identity
Person No.
32362
Old ROH no.
1079
Service No.
66211863E
Last Name
First Name
Hendrik Oswald Meyer
Initials
H O M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Candidate Officer
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,263
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,738
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, during a solo flight while undergoing flight training, crashed into the Kouebokke mountains near Citrusdal in Cape province, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #504
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Brigadier H. O. M. Odendaal DFC and bar, after whom he was named.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 2
The son of Brigadier H.O.M Odendaal DFC and bar, after whom he was named. Meyer was killed during a solo flight while undergoing flight training. His Impala crashed into the Kouebokke mountains in the Cape province of South Africa.
21 Sep 1971: 66211863E Candidate Officer Hendrik Oswald Meyer Odendaal from Flying Training School Langebaanweg was killed when his Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I, Serial No. 504, crashed in the Kouebokke Mountains near Citrusdal while carrying out a solo night Navigation exercise. Spatial disorientation (Vertigo) was the suspected cause of the accident. He was 20.
Dedications 3
In memory of my eldest brother Meyer,who died in a accident while training to be a pilot, like his father Brig H.O.M odendaal(DFC and bar)who has recently passed away. I hope they are together.
contact update Andre Odendaal
Still remember and miss my brother. Michael Johan Odendaal.