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Identity
Person No.
39353
Service No.
4397
Last Name
First Name
Brian Kevin
Initials
B K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, by ground fire during Operation Miracle near Cruzamento, Mozambique, whilst flying Hawker Hunter #R1821
Military Service
Rank
Air Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
Hunter R1821
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Memorial
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
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Associated with Operation Miracle / Shamwari memorialisation
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Shamwari Arms / Shamwari Club, Westville, Durban, South Africa
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Operation
Operation
Dates
1979-10-03
About
Operation Miracle (3 October 1979) — Hunter / Canberra losses (Gordon; Peinke / Strydom).
Unit History
Notes

ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt
Rhodesian Air Force Operations Roll of Honour: KIA — Hunter FGA 9 [Hunter R1821 (ASR 1054)].

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 -- "1 Squadron (RSF)" (the specific squadron) moved to Regiment; "Rhodesian Air Force" (the force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.
25 Sep 2026, Rhodesian squadron split: this record was moved from the combined entity "1 Squadron (RSF)" to "1 Squadron, Rhodesian Air Force". That entity held both the Rhodesian Air Force flying squadron and the Rhodesian Corps of Engineers squadron of the same number, which are unrelated units; it was created by a cleanup that split shared squadron names by Force alone, and Force does not separate two Rhodesian squadrons. This record is assigned on the evidence of its own Unit or Regiment column naming the Rhodesian Air Force outright, not on the squadron number.

Citations

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

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

KIA. Hunter FGA 9 Aircraft/serial: Hunter R1821 (ASR 1054). Listed in Prop Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log (2007), Roll of Honour.
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