Identity
Person No.
33564
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Sebastiaan Valentine
Initials
S V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5609, low level bombing crashed into sea near Paternoster
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Tanggok, Nam District, Busan, South Korea
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Body not recovered
Unit History
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 67339689BT cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "VAN REENEN, ERIC NORMAN" (RFN, Sterf 05 03 80), matching PersonNumber 33563 (Van Reenen, DateDeath 1980-03-05) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "67339689BT". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "2 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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 13 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea
open source ↗
United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UNMCK), Busan — South African Korean War dead.
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