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Identity
Person No.
38994
Service No.
4275
Last Name
Brown 140
First Name
David Desmond
Initials
D D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1951 (±1 yr) 254
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
04 August 1972 185
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Aircraft Accident 36
Died in Military Aircraft Accident, in Vampire T55 #R4222 at Thornhill. While on a training sortie, the aircraft suffered engine failure and crashed short of the runway while attempting to land
Military Service
Rank
Air Sub-Lieutenant
Regiment
2 Squadron (RSF) 4
Unit
Rhodesian Air Force insignia Rhodesian Air Force 80
Formerly Royal Rhodesian Air Force (1970)
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY 279
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Security Forces
Notes

On Plumtree School Roll of Honour. ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "2 Squadron (RSF)" (the specific squadron) moved to Regiment; "Rhodesian Air Force" (the force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.
6 Sep 2026: GraveRef was corrupted with the Mapai Puma 164 crash-site text ("Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2\" E31 39' 12.1\"") -- discovered while fixing that text's encoding on the genuine 17 Puma 164 casualties. This record's own DateDeath has nothing to do with that 6 Sep 1979 incident; the crash-site text does not belong here. Cleared rather than guessed -- the real GraveRef value is unknown. This record's own Cemetery/CemeteryLat/CemeteryLong were not affected and are unchanged.

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***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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