A. Janse van RENSBURG, Captain, SAAF

Killed in Action, Korea, 20 November, 1951

Captain Janse van Rensburg was briefed to lead a railroad interdiction mission No.1802 consisting of Lt. Parsonson, No. 3 and Lt. Hansen as No. 4. They were each carrying a full load of two VT fused bombs for flak suppression, four rockets and full .50 cal. machine gun ammunition.

All attacked their primary target as briefed, where no flak was encountered and proceeded to their secondary target which was a village at BT7863 containing supplies. They bombed, rocketed and strafed the village, making runs from SW to NE. On their last strafing run Parsonson saw a sustained burst of .50 calibre flak tracers pass between him and the leader. Van Rensburg's aircraft immediately began streaming glycol, and suddenly dived toward the ground as if out of control.

Lieutenant Parsonson, who was between van Rensburg and the ground, had to take abrupt evasive action to avoid a collision. Lt. Hansen, at No. 4, reported seeing the pilot slumped forward over the controls as the aircraft began it's dive toward the ground, where it exploded.