Identity
Person No.
5467
Service No.
102660
Last Name
First Name
Johan Louis Venter
Initials
J L V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of exposure, one of three aircraft that took off on a familiarization and practice mission, never to return. Crashed in bad visibility about 150 miles E of Kufra (Kufra disaster), in Bleinheim Mk IV aircraft #Z7513
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. de Wet; husband of Liberty de Wet, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "15 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
LG Sup 24 September 1941 pg. 5573
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