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General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 8, p. 553
- 02Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3 p. 686.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2011, December 14). General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071164
South African History Online (2011) 'General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs', South African History Online, 14 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071164 (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
South African History Online, General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071164, (accessed 10 November 2026).
"General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs." South African History Online, 14 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071164. Accessed 10 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "General Dan Pienaar is killed as his aircraft crashes into Lake Victoria at Kisumu while returning to South Africa. The suburbs." South African History Online. December 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071164.
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