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Identity
Person No.
40079
Service No.
6420
Last Name
First Name
Kevin Peter
Initials
K P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Killed in air ops in Alouette III #R5177 at Chioco, Tete Province, Mozambique. Chopper was hit by an RPG-7
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Grave Reference
Unknown
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
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 — Alouette Z-Car Moz. with du Toit [Alouette R5177 (ASR 844)].

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).
Geldenhuys scrape duplicate PersonNumber 49155 deleted 27 Aug 2026 (Whole Alouette R5177 recovery narrative as a fake person Lamb/technician. Crew already on the roll: Du Toit, Francois and Nelson, Kevin Peter, 28 Jul 1978.)
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "7 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.
25 Sep 2026, Rhodesian squadron split: this record was moved from the combined entity "7 Squadron (RSF)" to "7 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.

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

KIA. Alouette Z-Car Moz. with du Toit Aircraft/serial: Alouette R5177 (ASR 844). Listed in Prop Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log (2007), Roll of Honour.
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