Identity
Person No.
33839
Old ROH no.
1649
Service No.
68558154PM
Last Name
First Name
Jan Pen
Initials
J P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, Dassault Mirage IIID2Z #848, crashed 5 km west of Munnik Road, 34 km from Pietersburg. He was the instructor on a training flight
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Elsie Wessels, of General Botha Street, Welgelegen, Pietersburg.
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Air Force".
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- 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 11 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
On 21 May 85 Maj J P Wessels was instructor on Mirage IIID2Z (No 848) at Pietersburg. Aircraft entered a spin and crashed during low speed handling. Maj Wessels did not eject and was killed, Capt L Du Plessis not seriously hurt.
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