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Identity
Person No.
32765
Old ROH no.
1240
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Rudnick 1
First Name
Charles Sergei Keith
Initials
C S K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1959 (±1 yr) 444
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
02 October 1993 109
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #489. A pilot for the Silver Falcons. During an airshow at Lanseria, the wing of his Impala separated. Although he successfully ejected, he was already very close to the ground and the downward vector caused his parachute and ejection seat to be sucked into the resulting fire-ball when the aircraft exploded after hitting the ground
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
85 Combat Flying School 28
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Cremated - Ashes scatterd in the sea at Hermanus 1
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Part of
Training and development
Notes

Husband of Mrs. K. Rudnick

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 84448141BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "RUDMAN, THOMAS BENJAMIN" (RFN, Sterf 27 06 88), matching PersonNumber 32764 (Rudman, DateDeath 1988-06-27) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "84448141BG". 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.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Mike Glastonbury on 28 October 2003 · via source
Charlie was a pilot for the Silver Falcons. During an airshow at Lanseria, the wing of his Impala separated. He ejected but did not survive. Strangely enough he had succesfully ejected earlier in his SAAF career.
Dedications 1
by Mike Glastonbury on 28 October 2003 · via source
Charlie was a well liked pilot and is sorely missed by his friends.