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
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SANDF 842
South African National Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,738
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
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
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
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.
- South African War Graves Project
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