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PostPosted: 02 Apr 2025, 09:45 
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https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/nuus/aktueel/oorskot-moontlik-die-van-sa-vlieenier-wat-in-koreaanse-oorlog-sterf-20250402-3

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WILL THE REMAINS OF A SOUTH AFRICAN PILOT WHO FOUGHT IN THE KOREAN WAR BE FOUND? EXCAVATION BEGINS IN THE SEA OFF SEOSAN
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE REMAINS OF 2ND LIEUTENANT M.C. BOTHA, WHO DIED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT IN KOREA ON 28 AUGUST 1953, MIGHT BE FOUND.
News have been received from Korea regarding the possible location of the remains of a UN Pilot, possibly that of 2nd Lieutenant M.C. Botha who ejected from his F-86 Sabre No 614/P. He bailed out on the coast but drifted out to sea and it was believed that he landed in the shallow water of the mud flats off the coast and could have been overcome by the mud.
We urgently need to find the relatives of 2nd Lieutenant M.C. Botha to obtain DNA samples.
I request anybody with any information in this regard to get in touch with:
Korean War Veterans Association South Africa
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Dean
PostPosted: 02 Apr 2025, 18:25 
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Wow, after all this time. Glad the family can get closure.

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PostPosted: 06 Apr 2025, 09:14 
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A relative was found, his sister,

https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/nuus/mense/sa-vlieenier-se-sus-oor-korea-vonds-ek-het-amper-van-my-bed-afgeval-20250405

If the remains is confirmed to be his, how will they get it back to SA? SAA or SAAF?
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PostPosted: 06 Apr 2025, 11:01 
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I reckon the South Koreans will step up and bring him home.

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Pepster wrote:
A relative was found, his sister,

https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/nuus/mense/sa-vlieenier-se-sus-oor-korea-vonds-ek-het-amper-van-my-bed-afgeval-20250405

If the remains is confirmed to be his, how will they get it back to SA? SAA or SAAF?


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