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Identity
Person No.
40400
Old ROH no.
1367
Service No.
67280305PM
Last Name
Strydom 62
First Name
Johannes Jacobus
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1951 (±1 yr) 254
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
03 October 1979 104
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, by ground fire, in Canberra B2 #R5203 near Chimoi, Mozambique, during Operation Miracle. The crash site was located and marked in 2007
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain (Flight Lieutenant)
Regiment
South African Air Force (Rhodesian Air Force) 1
Corps
South African Air Force (Rhodesian Air Force)
Unit
24 Squadron 2
Secondary Unit
Canberra R5203
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,850
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Body not recovered - Location of crash site Mozambique S18 30 19.5 E33 00 16.3 1
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
Memorial
Operation Miracle Memorial — unveiled 3 October 2008 by Tol and Anne Janeke; made by John McKenzie. Dedicated to A/Lt Brian Kelvin Gordon, Flt Lt Kevin Peinke and Johannes Jacobus Strydom (KIA 3 Oct 1979). Geldenhuys colour plate p.141.
Memorial
Operation Miracle Memorial (Shamwari Arms, Westville)
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
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Memorial
Strydom 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
Operation
Operation
Miracle
Dates
1979-10-03
About
Operation Miracle (3 October 1979) — Hunter / Canberra losses (Gordon; Peinke / Strydom).
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Awards
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal
South Africa
Pro Patria Medal warrant, Government Gazette No. 5171 (25 Jun 1976), Rule 5, as amended by GG No. 5575 (3 Jun 1977); discontinued by GG No. 25213 (25 Jul 2003, Schedule corrected by GG No. 26778, 17 Sep 2004) for service on/after 27 Apr 2003. Gazette extracts: https://rohsa.co.za/award.php?id=24
Notes

Crash site identified by Bob Manser in 2007. ref. "Pride of Eagles" - History of the Rhodesian Air Force 1920 - 1980 by B. Salt. 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 — Canberra B2, with Kevin Peinke [Canberra R5203 (ASR 1055)].

Research notes

Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Geldenhuys roll match reviewed 26 Aug 2026: Regiment text names South African Air Force — Force cleared (not auto-RSF). Confirm RhAF vs SAAF before restoring Force.
Named on Operation Miracle Memorial (Geldenhuys, Rhodesian War Casualties, 2009) as SAAF navigator KIA 3 Oct 1979.
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-920169-61-9).
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Corps -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.

Citations
Unknown
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. Canberra B2, with Kevin Peinke Aircraft/serial: Canberra R5203 (ASR 1055). Listed in Prop Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log (2007), Roll of Honour.
Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.