Identity
Person No.
33010
Service No.
96717301PW
Last Name
First Name
Dian Hedley
Initials
D H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, crashed during a routine night training flight, in Atlas MB326KM Impala Mk II #1089. The pilot did not use his ejection seat
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,027
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
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
Unit History
Part of
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "21 08 00" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (96717301PW) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (2000-08-22). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Air Force".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
open source ↗
Bushwar Books 22 Aug 2026: canopy opened in flight, pilot "unable to eject because of the open canopy". ROH/SAWGP: pilot did not use his ejection seat. Mechanism conflict not overwritten.
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Lys van Weermaglede wat aan diens gesterf het (SADF deaths, pantser.cmvo.org.za)
open source ↗
SADF deaths PDF cross-check, 25 Aug 2026 -- date discrepancy noted
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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