词条 | Johannes Jacobus le Roux |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Johannes Jacobus le Roux | honorific_suffix = | image = Squadron Leader J J Le Roux, CO of No 602 Squadron RAF in the cockpit of his Spitfire. CL784.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|04|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Heilderg, Transvaal | death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|09|19|1920|04|12|df=y}} | death_place = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_coordinates = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{air force|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = 1939 - 1944 | serviceyears_label = | rank = Squadron Leader | rank_label = | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = No. 602 Squadron RAF | battles_label = | battles = | awards = Distinguished Flying Cross | memorials = | spouse = | relations = | children = | laterwork = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = | module = }} Squadron Leader Johannes Jacobus le Roux {{postnominals|DFC|2}} (12 April 1920 - 19 September 1944) was a South African World War II flying ace, who flew for the Royal Air Force.[1] He is credited with 23.5 kills He joined the RAF in 1939.[2] In July 1944, by now OC, 602 Squadron, Le Roux was credited with attacking and seriously injuring General Erwin Rommel in his staff car, on a road outside Sainte Foy de Montgomerie, in Normandy. Strafing the vehicle, the driver lost control, struck a tree and spun off the road. Rommel fractured his skull when he was thrown from the vehicle. In doing so, Le Roux single-handedly removed Germany's commanding general from the Normandy battlefield. References1. ^{{cite journal | url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol014dt.html | title=SOUTH AFRICAN AIR ACES OF WORLD WAR II | author=Tidy, D | date= June 1969 | volume=1 | issue=4}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Roux, Johannes Jacobus}}2. ^{{cite book | title=Late Marque Spitfire Aces 1942-45 | publisher=Osprey | author=Price, Alfred | year=1995 | pages=57 | isbn=1-85532-575-6}} 5 : 1920 births|1944 deaths|Royal Air Force pilots of World War II|South African World War II flying aces|Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Bars (United Kingdom) |
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