Identity
Person No.
33676
Service No.
P1/40566
Last Name
First Name
Christiaan Hattingh
Initials
C H
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, crashed into sea off Toothrock Range, near Saldanha, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5534. Aircraft pulled out very low after a rocket attack then dived steeply into the sea
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. J. O. Venter, of Pinelands. 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 13 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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