Identity
Person No.
32956
Old ROH no.
1299
Service No.
67455097PM
Last Name
First Name
Martin Charles
Initials
M C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,738
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, crashed near Pietersburg, in Dassault Mirage IIID2Z #851. Busy with training exercises at Roodewal Bombing range when his plane struck the ground while attempting to recover after a rocket attack
Location
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Dr. Henry Arnold Silberbauer and Ianthe May Silberbauer (nee Hall), of Camps Bay. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Apr 2026: 67455097PM Captain Martin Charles Silberbauer, 85 Combat Flying School, killed at Roodewal Bombing Range near Pietersburg when Dassault Mirage III D2Z 851 struck the ground while recovering from a practice rocket attack, age 28.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Apr 2026: 67455097PM Captain Martin Charles Silberbauer, 85 Combat Flying School, killed at Roodewal Bombing Range near Pietersburg when Dassault Mirage III D2Z 851 struck the ground while recovering from a practice rocket attack, age 28.
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 1
On the 5 Feb 1975, Martin was an Instructor (Lt.) on a training flight in an Impala Mark I (#510) jet fighter, with his pupil Candidate Officer MG Russell, when there was an onboard fire. Both pilots ejected to safety and the aircraft crashed on "Papkuilsfontein" farm near Central Flying School, Langebaan, Western Cape. On 4 April 1979, Capt. Silberbauer was killed in a Mirage IIID2Z (#851) aircraft accident, near Pietersburg.
Dedications
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