Identity
Person No.
32378
Service No.
B70291
Last Name
First Name
Richard Johannes
Initials
R J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, during night cross country crashed near Bulwer, in AT-6 Harvard #7713
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "5 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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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 4 of 143: spells "Oltmann" (ROH: Oltman) — confirmed match otherwise (SN/date exact), not overwritten.
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