Identity
Person No.
33180
Old ROH no.
1867
Service No.
76011261PE
Last Name
First Name
Elna Susan
Initials
E S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, crashed in SWA/Namibia, in Douglas C-47 Dakota #6851. Swart was a young woman who decided to accompany two pilots on a routine mission in Dakota #6851 but, unfortunately, something went wrong and the plane crashed killing all 3 occupants
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Candidate Officer
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Bike Squad
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Daughter of Brigadier C. J. Swart, of Pretoria. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 10 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
I was serving at AFB Grootfontein as a SAAF Regimental Policeman when this accident occurred. CO Swart, a very pretty young woman I remember, decided to accompany two pilots on a routine mission in a Dakota but, unfortunately, something went wrong and the plane crashed killing all 3 occupants. If I recall correctly, CO Swart's father was a SAAF Brigadier at the time. Dave Mason, Bangkok, Thailand. doffdave@yahoo.co.uk Dave Mason
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