South Africans in the RAF

Pilot Officer JRS Oelofse

Johannes Roelof Stephanus Oelofse

Battle of Britain
Rank
Pilot Officer
Squadron
No 43 Squadron
School
Potchefstroom Boys' High School
Fate
Did not survive the war, 8 August 1940
In the book
Pages 51, 54

From the book

Against Unfavourable Odds

Pilot Officer Johannes Roelof Stephanus Oelofse also 23-years-old, was Johannesburg born and educated at Potchefstroom Boys High School. He commissioned weeks before war was declared, joined No 43 Squadron as a Hurricane pilot on July 1st and was shot down and killed near the Isle of Wight on August 8th 6.

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