A tribute to SAA flight SA228

On Saturday 20 April 1968, South African Airways flight SA228 from Johannesburg crashed seconds after take-off from Windhoek’s then J.G. Strijdom Airport just before 21:00. Twelve crew members and 111 passengers died. Five passengers survived the crash.

The Boeing 707-344C, registered ZS-EUW, was known as Pretoria and was on a scheduled flight from Johannesburg to London via Windhoek, Luanda, Las Palmas, and Frankfurt. The aircraft took off from Jan Smuts International Airport in Johannesburg with 105 passengers and 12 crew. In Windhoek, 35 passengers disembarked. For the next sector, 46 new passengers boarded, making up 116 along with the 12 crew.

For this article and tribute I traced the crew and many of the passengers through extensive archival records to add details to the names on the manifest.

THE DECEASED CREW
1) Captain Eric Roy SMITH (49)
He was born on 18 January 1919 in Queenstown, South Africa, the son of Charles Thomas SMITH and Alice Margaret ROY.
His first marriage was to Dorothea Ada RUDDOCK (1922-2004) in 1942 in Johannesburg. At the time, he was a soldier, and she was in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Service; they lived at Donavon Court, Joubert Park. They divorced in 1960.
Eric and Dorothea’s children:
Margaret May SMITH (married CLANCY).
Yvonne Erica SMITH (married McDONALD).
Patricia Ann SMITH (married BARAGWANATH).
Eric’s second marriage was to Eithne Concepta (1932-1978) in Cape Town.
Eric’s last residential address was Flat 4, The Gables, Bradfield Drive, Fairmount, Johannesburg.
This was to be his last international flight before he retired. He had 18,102 flight hours and was one of SAA’s most experienced pilots.

2) First Officer John Peter HOLLIDAY (34)
He was born on 10 December 1933 in Pretoria, the son of Frederick HOLLIDAY and Winifred DAVIES.
He married Phyllis Susan HOWELL (1934-2020) in Durban.
Their children:
Yvonne HOLLIDAY
Jeffrey Stephen HOLLIDAY
Gregory John HOLLIDAY (married LAW)
John’s last residential address was 66 Goodman Street, Rynfield, Benoni.
He had 4,109 flight hours.

3) Second Officer Richard Fullarton ARMSTRONG (26)
He was born on September 1, 1941, in East London. He was the son of Raymond Fullarton Armstrong and Dorothy PLEDGER. At the time, his father was a captain in the South African Air Force.
He married Maria Elizabeth WEBER in Cape Town.
Their child:
Justin Raymond ARMSTRONG (married RILEY)
Richard’s last residential address was 4 Grenada Court, Palm Avenue, Kempton Park.
He had 1,000 flight hours.

4) Flight Engineer Officer Phillip Andrew MINNAAR (50)
He was born on 24 August 1917 in Potchefstroom, the son of Phillip Andrew MINNAAR and Charlotte Eugenie EBERHARDT.
He married Florence Edith FICHARDT in 1945 in Bronkhorstfontein, Senekal. At the time he was in the South African Air Force (No. 68 Air School) in Pretoria.
Their children:
Peter Andrew MINNAAR (married KNOBEL)
John Carlyle MINNAAR (married Ann-Charlotte)
Roy James MINNAAR (a doctor)
Phillip’s last residential address was 25 Poinsettia Road, Wychwood, Germiston.

5) Flight Navigator Henry (Harry) Charles HOWE (44)
He was born on 20 September 1923 in Fulham, London, England, the son of Harold Archie HOWE and Bessie Louise ECCLES.
He married Elizabeth Margaretha POTGIETER in Cape Town in 1957.
Their children:
Caroline Louise HOWE (married MILLHOUSE)
Marion Elizabeth HOWE (married MacKINNON)
Peter Scott HOWE (married RACKHAM)
Henry’s last residential address was 27 Louw Avenue, Lakefield, Benoni.

6) Flight Traffic Officer Alexander George MANSON (30)
He was born on October 5, 1938, in Durban.
He married Hildegarde Pauline HEESE in Johannesburg.
They did not have children.
Alexander’s last residential address was 9 Braleen Court, 122 Donnelly, Turffontein.
He had a 1966 Volkswagen, registration TJ 2661.

7) Chief Flight Steward Johannes Andries ERASMUS (39)
He was born on December 4, 1929, in Klerksdorp. He was the son of Mrs. Cootie ERASMUS.
He married Feika Memoria BERGSMA in 1957 in Johannesburg.
They did not have children.
Johannes’ last residential address was 63 Buckingham Road, Kensington, Johannesburg.
He had a 1959 Jaguar.

8) Senior Flight Steward Hercules Stanley LOUW (36)
He was born on 28 April 1932 in Calvinia.
His first marriage was to Petronella Wilhelmina DE WET. They divorced in 1956.
Their child:
Christiaan Stefanus Van der Berg LOUW (married COETZEE).
His second marriage was to Dorothy Jacqueline GREYLING in 1957 in Glencoe.
Their children:
Gordon Stanley LOUW
Charmaine Jacqueline LOUW (married to VAN JAARSVELDT and then VAN WYNGAARD)
Debra Ruth LOUW (married ADAMSON)
Hercules’ last residential address was 30 Mulberry Road, Primrose, Germiston.
He had a 1960 Vauxhall, registration TB 5323.

9) Flight Steward Rudolph Johannes BESTER (34)
He was born on April 8, 1933, in Sterkstroom. He was the son of Gotly Rudolph BESTER and Petronella.
He married Stanislawa Teresa DONCER in 1956 in Malvern, Johannesburg. At the time, he was a traffic inspector.
She was born in Poland.
Their children:
Lynette Teresa BESTER
Wanda Diane BESTER (married MORGAN-SMITH)
Rudolph’s last residential address was 8 Lesman Court, 54 Page Street, Yeoville, Johannesburg.

10) Flight Steward John Wardle JESSON (24)
He was born on 27 July 1943 in East London, the son of Sidney John JESSON and Louisa WARDLE.
He married Wilhelmina Elizabeth VAN LELYVELD in East London.
Their child:
Alma Rene JESSON (married DU PREEZ)
John’s last residential address was 11 Oranjehof, Pine Avenue, Kempton Park.

11) Flight Stewardess Marietta NORTIER (22)
She was born on 18 December 1945 in Boksburg, the daughter of William Warren NORTIER and Hester Martha Aletta BOTHA.
She was unmarried.
Her last residential address was 59 Second Street, Boksburg North.

12) Flight Stewardess Elza JANSE VAN RENSBURG (22)
She was born on 19 September 1945 in Johannesburg, the daughter of Petrus Johannes JANSE VAN RENSBURG and Margaretha Cornelia TRIEGAARDT.
She was unmarried.

THE DECEASED PASSENGERS
13) Edna W. AVERY (54)
He was listed as S.W. on the passenger list.
Daughter of Elizabeth SOMMERFIELD.
Sister of Ronald SOMMERFIELD (of Greystoke Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym).
She worked in the linen department at the Royal Infirmary.
She married George A. AVERY in 1939 in Bristol.

14) George A. AVERY (54)
Of 381 Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
He was a clerk at the Guided Weapons division of British Aircraft Corporation.
He married Edna W. SOMMERFIELD in 1939 in Bristol.
The couple were visiting their only daughter, Janice (23), and her husband, Ernest George DAVIES, who lived in Kenmare, Krugersdorp.

15) E. BACHMANN

16) F. BACHMANN

17) D.A. DE O. BARBOSA

18) I. BARTELS

19) A.E. BEGLEY

20) C.B. BLACKWOOD

21) Ingrid H. BÖHM (29)
She was born in 1939 (maiden name LIEBIG).

22) Sybille BÖHM (2)
She was born in 1966.

23) Hester Anna BRAND (60).
She was born on 11 November 1907 in Bloemfontein, the daughter of Nicolaas Johannes Jacobus JOOSTE and Johanna Maria Sarah FOURIE.
She married Johannes Hendricus BRAND in Bloemfontein.
They lived in Ladybrand and had no children.

24) B.A. BRANDT

25) T.A. BRANDT

26) K.G. BROCK

27) Raymond Battersby BROCKBANK (39)
He was born on March 7, 1929, in Ladysmith, Natal.

28) H.W.F. BRONS (32)
He was born on February 7th, 1936, in Groothusen, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany.
His wife was KEMPE.

29) Wilhelm Heinrich BRONS (47)
He was born on 27 June 1920 in Emden, Ostfriesland, Germany.

30) Frieder Karl Wilhelm BURZLAFF (2)
He was born on February 4, 1966, in Windhoek.

31) Helga BURZLAFF (29)
She was born on 25 October 1938 in Bremen, Germany (maiden name GERDING).

32) Susie Jean CHEAL (23)
She was born on 25 July 1944 in Harrow, Middlesex, England.

33) P.K. COATES

34) Margaret Patterson COLLINS (59).
She was born on 30 August 1908 (maiden name ORR).
She married John COLLINS, and they lived in Luderitz.
She was a secretary.

35) Francoise Joseph Marie-Theresa DE CHAZAL DE CHAMAREL
She was also known as Joseph Françoise Marie-Thérèse.
She was born in Mauritius (maiden name LALOUETTE).
She married Edouard Auguste Roland DE CHAZAL DE CHAMAREL.

36) J.H. DE GROOT

37) Petronella Adriana DE KOK (51)
She was born on 12 July 1916 in Frankfort, Orange Free State, the daughter of Jacobus KOTZE and Petronella.
She married Johan Leonardus Formyn DE KOK in Carolina.
Their children:
Johan Adriaan DE KOK (married DIPPENAAR)
Jacobus Marinus DE KOK

38) E. DE RAUVILLE

39) M.E. DE RAUVILLE

40) Philippe Du Hecquet DE RAUVILLE

41) Vida Evelyn ENGELBERT (56)
She was born on 30 July 1911 in Bethlehem, Orange Free State, the daughter of Johan Adam FRONEMAN and Anna Jacoba VICTOR.
Her first marriage was to Angus WATS on September 2, 1933, in Springs. He was Australian. They divorced in 1938.
Her second marriage was to Robert George MOORE on February 17, 1943, in Johannesburg. He was British. At the time, she was a nurse. They divorced in 1952.
Her third marriage was to Kurt Martin ENGELBERT on May 4, 1954, in Durban. He was German.

42) Alice Clarke FERGUSON-DAVIE
She was born in London, England (maiden name NEWMAN).
She married Charles Francis FERGUSON-DAVIE (deceased in 1967).

43) Edith Wally FITZE (46)
She was born on May 5, 1921, in Berlin, Germany. She is the daughter of Paul KARCZ and Wally.
She married Paul Gerhard Rudolf FITZE in Berlin in 1942.
She was a manageress.
Her last residential address was 171 Ivy Road, Norwood, Johannesburg.
Their children:
Hannelore Jutta FITZE (married BLACKMORE)
Marion FITZE (married to POTTER and then to FAITHFUL).

44) J. FORREST

45) H.A. FUSSENEGGER
He was an American doctor, connected to an Austrian textile business.

46) Louwrens Pieter GELDENHUYS (44)
He was born on 14 November 1923 in Kroonstad, the son of Johannes Albertus GELDENHUYS and Cornelia Gertruida Dina PRINSLOO.
He was the CEO of the South African Wool Board.
He married Gertie Pieternella SAULEZ in Pretoria in 1949.
Their children:
Martha Elizabeth GELDENHUYS
Susanna Hermina GELDENHUYS
Johannes Albertus GELDENHUYS

47) Joyce L. GILBERT (43)
She was a South African schoolteacher (maiden name SPENCER) that moved to England in 1947.
She married Michael A. GILBERT in 1947 in Surrey.
He was the deputy headmaster at Derwent School in Derby in 1968.
Her last residential address was 9 Wilsthorpe Road, Chaddesden, Derby.
She had spent six weeks with her parents in Johannesburg for their golden wedding anniversary. She was booked on a later flight but changed flights to fly home earlier.
She had three children:
Lynne GILBERT
Meryl GILBERT
Patrick GILBERT

48) W. HANISCH

49) E. HEINZ

50) Hellmuth Werner Rudolf HINSCH (50)
He was born on 14 November 1917 in Hamburg, Germany.
He was an electrician.

51) T.P. HOOPER

52) M.W. HOOPER

53) Yolanda JOOSTE (22)
She was born on 30 September 1945 in Cape Town, the daughter of Petrus Johannes JOOSTE and Johanna Frances FOORD.
She was a radiographer and unmarried.
Her last residential address was Rusticana, 14 Elgin Road, Milnerton, Cape Town.

54) Ingo Heinrich Joachim KANNEGIESER (56)
He was born on 19 March 1912.

55) K.H. KECK

56) Ingeborg D.M.A. KIRSTEN (55)
She was born in 1912 (maiden name PREUF).

57) L. KNISPEL

58) Grada KROMMENHOEK (34)
She was born circa 1934 in Zutphen, Netherlands, the daughter of J.H. TERWEL of 21 Groen van Prinsterer Street, Zutphen.
She married Marinus KROMMENHOEK in the Netherlands.
Their children:
Marinus KROMMENHOEK
Grada KROMMENHOEK
Christelle KROMMENHOEK
Dirk KROMMENHOEK

59) Marinus KROMMENHOEK (39)
He was born on 22 December 1929 in Scheveningen, Netherlands (his mother lived at 266 Pluvier Street, Scheveningen).
He married Grada TERWEL in the Netherlands.
He was a building contractor, and they lived in Gobabis.

60) V.B. KRUFINSKI

61) Gertruida Johanna Geraerds LANGERMANN (46)
She was born on 28 September 1921 in Boksburg, the daughter of Mattheus Hendrik Gerhardus THESINGH and Christina Catharina BESTER.
She married Jorgen LANGERMANN in Bethal. They had no children.
Her last residential address was 17 Irwin Street, Messina.

62) Jorgen LANGERMANN (52)
He was born on 28 May 1915 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
He was a horticulturist.
His first marriage was to Petrus Jacobus Nicolaas ERASMUS (female). They divorced in 1951.
His second marriage was to Gertruida Johanna Geraerds THESINGH.

63) Mario de Barros LOBO (38)
He was born on 13 March 1930 in Lourenco Marques (Maputo), Mozambique, the son of Octavio Rodrigues LOBO and Elvira GOMES.
He was a company director and lived in Lourenco Marques.
He married Anna Maria Nunes Prata DIAS in Lourenco Marques.
Their child:
Cristiana Maria Prata Dias de Barros LOBO.

64) F. LORENTZ

65) Jacobus Willem LOUBSER (39)
He was born on 17 December 1928 in Calvinia, the son of Johannes Jacobus Abraham LOUBSER and Louisa Johanna Jacoba BOOYSEN.
He was a senior lecturer.
His last residential address was 296 Die Rand, Menlo Park, Pretoria.
He married Stephania Cornelia JORDAAN in Sterkstroom.
Their children:
Johannes Jacobus Abraham LOUBSER (married BOTHA)
Rudolph Philippus LOUBSER (married SWART)
Stephan Wilhelm LOUBSER

66) Stanley Lourens LOUW (41)
He was born on 29 September 1926 in Worcester, Cape, the son of Lourens Johannes LOUW and Johanna Helena Albertha VAN DER MERWE.
He was the principal engineer at the General Post Office.
His last residential address was 1208 Caley Lane, Queenswood, Pretoria.
He married Lola Charmain MASKE on January 1, 1949, in Cape Town.
Their children:
Alan John LOUW (married KRUGER)
Clive Michael LOUW (married TAMERIS)

67) Frederick George MAGEE (52)
He was born on January 5, 1916, in Plymouth, England. He was the son of David MAGEE and Violet BUNKER.
He was a manager.
His last residential address was 304 Walton Heath, Jacobs Avenue, Illovo, Johannesburg.
His first marriage was to Ethel GALBRAITH.
His second marriage was to Mercia SCHREUDER on November 14, 1950, in Cape Town.
His children:
Fredrick George MAGEE
Peter MAGEE
Roshea MAGEE (married HAVEL)
Deirdre MAGEE (married SMUTS)

68) Hans Ulrich MATERNE
He was born circa 1930 in Breslau, Germany.
He married Sarepta Aletta GERBER on 11 December 1954 in the NGK Randfontein. At the time, he was a shift boss.

69) R. MATERNE

70) Sarepta Aletta MATERNE
She was born in Bloemfontein circa 1935, the daughter of Edward GERBER and Hester Magrieta KRUGER.
She married Hans Ulrich MATERNE on 11 December 1954 in the NGK Randfontein.

71) W. MATERNE

72) I.M.I.S. MERZ

73) K.L. MERZ

74) Rose MININBERG (58)
She was born on September 3, 1909, in Springs. She was the daughter of Phillip Dunchen and Ethel.
Her last residential address was 7 Bentinck Street, London, England.
She married Zvi Dov Mininberg on January 6, 1935, in Johannesburg.
Their children:
Victoria MININBERG (married to BERNSTEIN)
Helen Adeline MININBERG

75) B.A.C.D. NOTZON

76) G.A.R. NOTZON

77) J.S. NOTZON

78) K. NOTZON

79) R.M. OSE

80) K. OSTMANN

81) L.A. OSTMANN

82) H. PACK

83) H.W. PACK

84) R. PACK

85) W. PACK

86) Michael Arnold PARKER (34)
He was born on 30 July 1933 in Salisbury, Rhodesia.

87) Kathleen Mary PATTERSON (58)
She was born on 10 February 1910 in Johannesburg, the daughter of James Livesey PATTERSON and Harriet Lidsey ANDREW.
She was a typist and unmarried.
Her last residential address was 69 Eighth Street, Orange Grove, Johannesburg.

88) Winifred Eliza PATTERSON (60)
She was born on 24 May 1908 in Johannesburg, the daughter of James Livesey PATTERSON and Harriet Lidsey ANDREW.
W.A.G. appears on the passenger list.
She was a typist and unmarried.
Her last residential address was 69 Eighth Street, Orange Grove, Johannesburg.

89) Martinus Arie Joseph PETERS (46)
He was born on 15 March 1922 in Gelderland, Netherlands, the son of Cornelius PETERS and Adriana.
He was a businessman.
His last residential address was 40 Van Lill Street, Witpoortjie.
He married Grada PETERS in the Netherlands.
Their children:
Cornelius Eugene Antonius PETERS (deceased 2007)
Maria Helga Theresa PETERS (married BRUNETTI)

90) Desiree PETRICK (22)
She was born on 9 November 1945 in Pretoria, the daughter of Arthur Johannes PETRICK and Catharina Helena ROOS.
She worked as a travel agent at SATOUR and was unmarried.
Her last residential address was in Brummeria, Pretoria.

91) H.E. POHL

92) Victoria May PURCOCKS (68)
She was born on 15 May 1899 in Amsterdam, Transvaal, the daughter of Frederik Ambrose STOW and Victoria Cornelius Johannes RIES.
She was a housewife and widow at the time of death.
Her last residential address was 1 Van Riebeeck Place, Piet Retief.
She married David Richard Vincent PURCOCKS (deceased 1954).
Their children:
Catherine May PURCOCKS (married to ATHERSTONE)
Vincent Ambrose PURCOCKS (married BEKKER)
Stanley Richard PURCOCKS (married HEYDENRYCH)

93) M. RADOVANOVIC

94) K.M. RICHARDS

95) Ieuan ROBERTS (56)
He was born in 1912 in Wales, the son of Evan ROBERTS and Keturah ELLIS.

96) Paul ROCH (57)
He was born on 02 October 1910 in Comanche, Texas, USA, the son of John David ROCH and Bertie Ann HANSON.
He married Emma Lee GENTRY on July 2, 1935, in Brazoria, Texas.

97) Sheila M. ROOKE

98) Gustav Oswald RUMMEL (53)
He was born on 09 August 1914 in Cologne, Germany, the son of Gustav Max Oswald RUMMEL and Elisabeth.
He owned the Hansa Hotel, Post Street, Swakopmund.
He married Elisabeth RICHTER in Essen, Germany.
They had no children.

99) Esme May SALTERS (60)
She was born on 21 April 1907 in South Africa, the daughter of Francis Louis THORNHILL and Johanna Hendrina Magdalena FORD.
She married Reginald McLelland SALTERS on September 5, 1936, at St. John’s Anglican Church in Boksburg.

100) Reginald McLellan SALTERS
He was born circa 1904 in Krugersdorp.
He married Esme May Thorhill on September 5, 1936, at St. John’s Anglican Church in Boksburg.

101) Dr. Christa Luise SATTLER (26)
She was born on 12 June 1941 in Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (maiden name PLOGER).
She grew up in Brazil, where her parents lived in Sao Paulo.
She was a zoologist.

102) Dr. Werner SATTLER (41).
He was born on 12 August 1926 in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany.
His father was an optician in Leitz.
He worked at the Max Planck Institute and was in South West Africa on a safari holiday with his wife.
He married Christa PLOGER in 1964 in Brazil.

103) Flori Irma SCHREIBER (46)
She was born on September 6, 1921, in Neuenhagen bei Berlin, Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany.
The passenger list identifies her as E. SCHNIEBER.

104) Bryan William SEWELL (50)
He was born on 01 March 1918 in Wynberg, Cape Town, the son of Lewis Arthur Edward SEWELL and Gwendoline Mary BARTLE.
He was a managing director.
His last residential address was 57 – 5th Avenue, Illovo, Johannesburg.
He married Helen Dorothy VAN ZIJL in Kenilworth, Cape Town.
Their children:
Bryan Trevor SEWELL (married ROUSSEAU)
Glendyr Helen SEWELL (married LOUW)

105) Howard Joseph SIGSWORTH (41)
He was born on 12 March 1927 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of Joseph SIGSWORTH and Alice ANDREWS.
He married Doris Margaret WILLIAMS in 1952 in Glamorgan, Wales.

106) David Gilchrist SIMPSON
He was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
He married Janey Freeland McCowan STEVENSON.

107) Jacobus SMIT (49)
He was born on 19 September 1918 in Velsen, Netherlands, the son of Jacobus SMIT and Ariaantje VERKUIL.
He was a diamond merchant and lived in South West Africa.
He married Hermine Elisabeth PASSCHIER.
Their son:
Jacobus Ariaan (SMIT)

108) R. SMITH

109) Margit Ruth STAIGER
She was born in 1934.

110) Bernd Hugo Eckart STALMANN (36)
He was born on 13 June 1931, the son of Otto STALMANN and Margarte.
He married Ruth-Dagmar Anna Katharina ROBRECHT.

111) W.R. STERN

112) Benjamin THOMAS jnr.
He was born circa 1910 in Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA.
He was a director of European operations for Southeastern Engineers Inc. of West Point in Georgia.
He had been living in Oxenhope, Yorkshire, England.
He married Mildred Marie PHILLIPS.
Their children:
James F. Thomas.
Richard D. Thomas.
Barbara THOMAS (married PAYNE)

113) Clarence A. THOMAS

114) E. THOMAS

115) Philip M. THOMAS (44)
He was born on 12 February 1924.
He was the CEO of a cooperative wholesale society and was also an author and genealogist who published articles in Burke’s Peerage.
He lived in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England.
He married Elise BARBUTO in 1952.
Their child:
Antonia THOMAS

116) E.N. THOMPSON

117) Robert TIGNER
He was born on June 2, 1925, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was the son of William TIGNER and Sophie.
He was an engineer.
His last residence was 48 Cotswold Drive, Saxonwold, Johannesburg.
He married Joyce SOLARSH on 16 December 1955 in Johannesburg.
Their children:
Michael Searle (TIGNER)
Carolyn TIGNER (married WILKOV)
Sandra TIGNER (married SCHREIBER)

118) J. De 0. TRINDADE

119) David F. USHER

120) Dr. Jan Georg VAN DER WATH (60)
He was born on 25 August 1907, in Ladybrand, Orange Free State, the son of Cornelius Jacobus Hendrik VAN DER WATH and Anna Catharina VAN DER WALT.
He died on 15 May 1968 in Pretoria. Initially, he survived the crash but died the following month in hospital from his injuries.
His last residential address was in Ermelo, and he also owned the Tati Ranch in Botswana.
He was a veterinarian, farmer and businessman. He was a member of the South African Wool Board (1948-1966) and its chairman in 1960, chairman of the International Wool Secretariat, chairman of the South African Wool Textile Research Institute (1962-1966), a member of the Wool Commission (1960-1966), and its chairman in 1965.
He married Margaretha Elizabeth STEENKAMP on 10 September 1937 in Ermelo.
Their children:
Carel Steenkamp VAN DER WATH
Anna VAN DER WATH (married ALBERTS)
Anna Catharina VAN DER WATH (married VAN ROOYEN)
Cornelius Jacobus VAN DER WATH
Jan Georg VAN DER WATH
Willem Nicolaas VAN DER WATH (married NIEBUHR)

121) Frits Cornelis VAN ELTEN (44)
He was born on April 1, 1924, in the Netherlands. He was the son of Maria.
He was a consultant engineer.
His last residential address was Alphen, 15 Collins Street, Kensington B, Randburg.
His first marriage was to Cornelia Maria Anna DE KOCK. They divorced.
His second marriage was to Margaret Rose JONES in Johannesburg. They had no children.

122) C.H. WICHERT

123) Alma Therese WILLIAMS (34)
She was born on 16 September 1933 in Johannesburg, the daughter of Charles Francis Norman JUCHAU and Marie DANKWORTH.
She was a housewife.
Her last residential address was 1 Jordaan Street, Parkdene, Boksburg.
She married Peter Trevor WILLIAMS in Alberton.
Their children:
Karen Jean WILLIAMS (married MOFFAT)
Rhett Owen WILLIAMS (married SWANEPOEL)
Tracey Lee WILLIAMS (married WRIGHT)
Tamr Andria WILLIAMS (NEYLAND)

124) J.D. WYLIE

PASSENGER SURVIVORS
125) B.R. ARNTZEN

126) A. DERBYSHIRE (62)
He was an engineer and managing director of Controlled Heat & Air Ltd of Smethwick.
He lived in Fairways, St Johns Hill, Shenstone.
He was returning from a business trip to the Philippines, Australia, India and South Africa.
Ten years prior, he was booked on a flight, which he later changed to another at the last minute – the first flight (Salisbury to London) crashed near Salisbury.
His son: Anthony DERBYSHIRE

127) W.E. ROOKE
He was employed as a foreman by the Royal Ordnance factory at Puriton, Somerset, England.
He lived in Buckland St Mary, Somerset.
He was returning from a 4-month government work contract in Cape Town.
He married Sheila.
Their children:
Geoffrey ROOKE
Valerie ROOKE

128) Thomas W. TAYLOR (36)
He was known as Tom. After the crash, he got the nickname Miracle Man.
He was an American diplomatic courier. We found the diplomatic bag he was carrying in the wreckage and delivered it.
He lived in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, USA.

129) Peter Trevor WILLIAMS (35)
He was born on 21 August 1932.
He died on December 31, 2003, in Parkrand, Boksburg.
His first marriage was to Alma Therese JUCHAU in Alberton. She died in the crash.
His second marriage was to Alida Aletta STEYN in 1974.
Their children:
Karen Jean WILLIAMS (married MOFFAT)
Rhett Owen WILLIAMS (married SWANEPOEL)
Tracey Lee WILLIAMS (married WRIGHT)
Tamr Andria WILLIAMS (NEYLAND)

Note: This article was written on 16 June 2024