Salute the Eagle – My experiences as a Parabat in Angola by Kevin Vos
https://www.warbooks.co.za/products/salute-the-eagle-my-experiences-as-a-parabat-in-angola-kevin-vos?variant=32026620547 “This is my story; from the time when I was conscripted as a schoolboy into the army at age seventeen.” This story is fact and not fiction. It is not a historical account written in the first person, it is written as a novel giving insight into the small talk, the joys and the […]
ROOIPLAAS PARATROOPERS COMMUNITY by Eeben Barlow
http://eebenbarlowsmilitaryandsecurityblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/rooiplaas-paratroopers-community.html I have never been a member of any SADF Veterans Organisation for numerous reasons. Many have asked me to join them but I have always declined and walked away. That is until my old Parachute Sappers (specifically by name of Chappies van Zyl) twisted my arm to the point that it almost broke. I […]
Ettienne Louis Bell. Delta Coy 78-79
Vryheid’s parabat leaped into conflict (Shortened article – https://northernnatalnews.co.za/190825/vryheids-parabat-leaped-conflict/) Etienne Louis Bell was born on July 1, 1958 in Vryheid. He was the son of Louis Botha Bell – a qualified pharmacist who practiced his trade at the Melman’s Pharmacy on Church Street (in those years owned by Mrs Colley) – and Louise Francine Suzette […]
(Real) BROTHERS IN ARMS AT 1 PARA BN: 2XBROTHERS (including twins)
2x Badenhorst 2x Bakker, Danie & Cobus 2x Barnard 2x Barnard 2x Belwood 2x Bender 2x Beneke, Siegfried (C Comp 76/78) & Nico (D Comp 78/79; G Comp 79/80; G Comp 81/82) 2x Bestbier 2x Blake 2x Blauuw Pieter & Andries 2x Bolton 2x Botha Piesang (80/81) & br (76/77) 2x Botha, Phillip & Johan […]
C-130 (Flossie)
C-130 Hercules aka “The Flossie” (Posted by Fanie van Loggerenberg on the FlyAfrica Facebook group on Wednesday 21 April 2021) “A while back, whilst we were running a series on SAAF aircraft, the question arose as to how the Hercules C130 got the nickname ‘Flossie’. Well, here we have it courtesy of Jan Marais from […]
Miscellaneous – motivation, cartoons, humour
Roll of Honour 1944 – 1987
2 Lt J.E. Blanchenberg 09/03/1944 6th Bn British Parachute Regiment Cpl A.L. Broodryk 13/04/1976 Operation Savannah Rfn P.J. du Bois 12/08/1978 Rfn J.B. Greyling 12/08/1978 Rfn C.F. van der Nest 12/08/1978 L Cpl E.L. Bell 06/07/1979 Sers L.T.H. Wessels 15/01/1981 Rfn L. Truter 15/01/1981 Rfn G.J. Harvey 01/06/1981 Capt L van Wyk 02/05/1982 Cpl E.P. […]
Honoris Crux Names
Name Date 2 Lt J. Blaauw 17/12/1975 WO2 J.J. Burger 01/06/1976 2 Lt J.G. Parkin 18/10/1979 L Cpl J.A. Venter 18/10/1979 Rfn A.S. de Lange 18/10/1979 Rfn B.J. Gibson 18/10/1979 Rfn B. Maree 18/10/1979 Rfn C.N. McNamara 18/10/1979 Rfn L.B. Southey 18/10/1979 Rfn P.P. de Kock 29/01/1980 Honoris Crux Names of 1 Parachute Battalion. Used […]
Pro Patria Medal
Pro Patria Medal (1974)For service in preventing or suppressing terrorism or, from 1977, in defence of South Africa, during the Border War between 26 August 1966 and 21 March 1990. Qualifying service was 55 (originally 60) days in an operational area, or being involved in combat or a skirmish, or being wounded or killed in […]
Honoris Crux
Honoris Crux Silver (HCS) (1975-2003)Awarded for exceptional bravery in great danger; from 1993 awards were restricted to military operations. About 26 crosses were awarded, the first recipient (1976) being Lt Hermanus van Niekerk, for distinguished leadership, and evacuating casualties, under fire, in Angola. Insignia: Same design as the HCG, but in silver. Honoris Crux (HC) […]
