Identity
Person No.
33656
Old ROH no.
1533
Service No.
P/20960
Last Name
First Name
Jan Jacob Christiaan
Initials
J J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, struck by #7717 whilst in formation with two other Harvards and crashed near Dunnottar, in AT-6 Harvard #7677
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
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
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 3 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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