Identity
Person No.
32694
Service No.
71117204
Last Name
First Name
Otthart Paul Friedrich
Initials
O P F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, at Windhoek, South West Africa, in Alouette III #23. Aircraft struck power lines 7Km north of Windhoek and caught alight. Crew and passengers were killed during the subsequent emergency landing
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Notes
Husband of Mrs. I. Ritter, of Windhoek.
Research notes
Locality was wrongly set to "Gauteng" -- corrected 28 Aug 2026 as part of a broader systemic fix: a large batch of records (thousands, mostly DateChecked 2026-08-17 and a few other dates) were defaulted to Gauteng regardless of the person's actual origin. This record's own AddInfo places them outside South Africa entirely, so Locality is cleared rather than guessed at a specific province.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "112 Air Commando Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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