Identity
Person No.
33933
Old ROH no.
1688
Service No.
05570718E
Last Name
First Name
John Andrew
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,738
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, AT-6 Harvard #7519 crashed near Devon while on a routine training flight
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Notes
Son of Mr. N. P. Zimmerman. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
Stories 1
John Andrew Zimmerman served in the Air Force Gymnasium in 1964 and was selected for pilot training. He joined the permanent force and read for a B Sc at the military academy at Langebaan. He the served as pilot training officer and was killed in an accident while on a training flight in a Harvard. He was a popular man and sorely missed by his family.
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