Identity
Person No.
33505
Old ROH no.
1462
Service No.
01459205E
Last Name
First Name
Gabriel Hendrik
Initials
G H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, near Langenbaanweg, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #512, Aeroplane - flipped on runway
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Major
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Secondary Unit
United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citations
Unknown
External References
- 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 6 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 2
This must be Major Gawie van Dyk, one of the early pilots sent to convert onto the Mirage111's which replaced the SAAf Sabres. He was an accomplished Sabre pilot but was killed with his pupil while instructing on an Impala number 512 on 20th May 1970.
In my earlier comment I said he was an accomplished Sabre pilot.Of course I meant Mirage 111 pilot.
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