Identity
Person No.
33062
Service No.
P1/40016
Last Name
First Name
Robert Leslie
Initials
R L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #374. 2Lt R.L. Staats had just recently returned for a second tour of operations, and was authorised to test Mustang 374, which had just undergone a maintenance check. He was seen circling K-10 airfield but when he failed to land after half an hour, attempts were made to contact him from the Control Tower, but he failed to respond. A message was almost immediately received that a Mustang had crashed into Chinhae Bay. A search failed to find any trace of him or his aircraft, and only three days later was the aircraft eventually found. South Korean divers recovered 2Lt Staats' body
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project