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Identity
Person No.
39159
Service No.
4123
Last Name
Collocott 1
First Name
Bruce Ivan
Initials
B I
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1949 (±1 yr) 199
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
30 May 1977 118
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, while taking off at Mapai, Mocambique in Dakota #R3702, during Operation Aztec. Aircraft was hit by small arms and rocket fire and burst into flames
Military Service
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Regiment
3 Squadron (RSF) 3
Unit
Rhodesian Air Force insignia Rhodesian Air Force 80
Formerly Royal Rhodesian Air Force (1970)
Secondary Unit
Dakota R3702
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM 128
Grave Reference
Cremated at Warren Hills 26
Memorial
Memorial
All Rhodesian Aircrew Memorial
Location
Ste. Marguerite des Loges, Normandy, France
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Security Forces
Notes

ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Rhodesian Air Force Operations Roll of Honour: KIA — Dakota, Mozambique [Dakota R3702 (ASR 703)].

Research notes

Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-920169-61-9).
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "3 Squadron (RSF)" (the specific squadron) moved to Regiment; "Rhodesian Air Force" (the force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.

Citations

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

External References
Stories 1
by Prop Geldenhuys (Air Force Operations Roll of Honour) on 26 August 2026
Rhodesian Air Force Operations — Roll of Honour

KIA. Dakota, Mozambique Aircraft/serial: Dakota R3702 (ASR 703). Listed in Prop Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log (2007), Roll of Honour.
Dedications

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