Pieter Paul Wahl (1957 - 1979)

Ancestors

Died 9 Jan 1979 at age 21 in Roedtan, Marble Hall, Transvaal, South Africa

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South African Air Force South African Air Force, 28 Squadron.

Pieter Paul Wahl Died in service during South African Bush War 26 August 1966 - 15 January 1990.

Biography

Pieter Paul Wahl is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: Pieter Paul Wahl ^{[1] [2]}

Event Date: 2 April 1957 ^{[1] [2]}

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Father's Name: Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Wahl, of Malmesbury. ref. 85 years of SAAF. ^[2]

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Military Info

Force number: 73272924PF ^[2]

Rank: Lieutenant ^[2]

Surname: Wahl ^[2]

Names: P. P. ^[2]

Regiment: South African Air Force ^[2]

Unit: 28 Squadron ^[2]

Cemetery: South Africa, Western Cape, Paarl (Parys) cemetery ^[2]

Death

Event Date: 9 January 1979 ^{[1] [2]}

Age: 21 years ^[2]

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Cause of death: Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S-50 #424, near Roedtan. A Buccaneer S.Mk.50 (424) of 24 Squadron SAAF crashed in the Roedtan area, near Marble Hall, during a night training exercise. Capt K.B. Duncan Duncan-19386 and Lt P.P. Wahl were killed. The Board of Inquiry found that the aircraft had impacted the ground in a near vertical dive after losing the horizontal tail plane at supersonic speed. The Board concluded that it all indicated pilot disorientation and loss of spatial orientation during a night flight at high altitude. The crew failed to recover from the fatal dive and went in with the aircraft. The tail plane section was located nearly 2 km away from the crash site. South African Air Force forum^[3]

Grave

Event Place: South Africa, Western Cape, Paarl (Parys) cemetery ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} South African War Graves Project Grave of Pieter Paul (Pierre) Wahl Seen and entered Jan 2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} South African War Graves Project Grave of Pieter Paul (Pierre) Wahl Seen and entered Jan 2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
3. ↑ Flight incidents of the Buccaneer planes. Seen and entered Jan 2024 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz