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Identity
Person No.
33607
Old ROH no.
1510
Service No.
66507781PE
Last Name
Van Tonder 45
First Name
Cornelius Andries Petrus
Initials
C A P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1948 (±1 yr) 195
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
10 November 1975 108
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Killed in aircraft accident, near Nottingham Road, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #563. Accident occurred 1 km north of village on the farm "Breezie Brae". Aircraft hit the trees on top of a hill
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
5 Squadron 66
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
KwaZulu-Natal 1,589
Cemetery
DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY 408
Grave Reference
Sec TTG Grave No 111 1
Coordinates
-29.88587, 30.97733 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Husband of Mrs. A. M. J. van Tonder. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "5 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
on 02 November 2011 · via source
Sergeant Cornelius Andries Petrus van Tonder was killed on 10 November 1975 when the Impala Jet he was co-piloting crashed near Nottingham Road, Kwa-Zulu Natal, after hitting a grove of trees. He was a member of Durban's 5 Squandron of the South African Air Force. He is buried in Stellawood Cemetry in Durban. The pilot, Second Lieutenant J.H Cox, was also killed. Josiane da Silva - Daughter
Dedications 1
by Josiane da Silva on 02 November 2011 · via source
Always remembered and forever loved.