| 词条 | Christoffel Venter |
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| name = Christoffel Johannes Venter | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|CB|DFC*}} | image = Christoffel Venter.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1892|11|01}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|02|20|1892|11|01}}[1]{{Rp|255}} | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = nr Middelburg, Eastern Cape | death_place = Lyttleton, Pretoria | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname =Boetie | allegiance ={{plainlist|
}} | branch = Aviation | serviceyears = | rank =Major General | unit = | commands = | battles = World War I | awards = {{plainlist|
}} | relations = | laterwork = }} Major-General Christoffel 'Boetie' Venter {{Post-nominals|country=ZAR|CB|DFC*}}, (1 November 1892 – 20 February 1977) was a South African military commander. Military careerHe joined the 7th Mounted Rifles in 1912 then the 5th SAMR in August 1914 for service in South West Africa. He joined 1 South African Infantry Battalion in 1916 and served in France until he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in February 1917. He was shot down and captured in 1918. He won the DFC and bar and was credited with 16 aerial victories, and joined the South African Air Force in 1922.[1]{{Rp|255}} He commanded 1 Squadron SAAF and served as Officer Commanding Wits Command in 1936[3] He was Director-General of the Air Force from 1940 to 1945.[3] After World War II, he was managing director of South African Airways. Honours and awardsCompanion of the Order of the BathThen Major General Venter was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1944[4] The notice in the London Gazette reads as follows: To be an Additional Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honourable Order: Temporary Major General Christoffel Johannes Venter, D.F.C., South African Staff Corps }} Distinguished Flying CrossLieutenant Venter was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1918. The notice in the London Gazette reads as follows: {{cquote|Lt. Christoffel Johannes Venter. During recent operations this officer shot down five enemy aeroplanes, one of which he followed down to 500 feet, when it was seen to fall.[5][6] He is a bold and skilful airman.}} Bar to the Distinguished Flying CrossIn November 1918 he was awarded a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross The notice in the London Gazette reads as follows: A brilliant patrol leader, who has since May last destroyed eleven enemy machines. In an engagement between six of our machines and nine of the enemy, five of the latter were destroyed, Captain Venter accounting for one. Later on the same day he, in company with three other officers, engaged four Fokkers. In the combat that followed all four enemy machines were destroyed, this officer shooting down one.[5][7] }} List
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Sources1. ^1 {{cite book|last=Uys|first=Ian|title=South African Military Who's Who 1452-1992|year=1992|publisher=Fortress Publishers|isbn=0-9583173-3-X}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://www.rathbonemuseum.com/SAAF/SAVenter/SAVenter.html | title=Rathbone Museum | accessdate=14 October 2013}} 3. ^1 {{cite book | title=Who's Who of Southern Africa 1959 | publisher=Ken Donaldson (Pty) Ltd. | year=1959 | page=589}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=36311|page=57|date=31 December 1943|supp=y}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/safrica/venter.php|title=Cristoffel Venter Biography|accessdate=25 February 2015|website=The Aerodrome}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|issue=30827|page=9204|date=2 August 1918|supp=y}} 7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=30989|page=12961|date=1 November 1918|supp=y}} |-{{s-bef|before=John Holthouse}}{{s-ttl|title=Director Air Services, South African Air Force|years=1940{{snd}}1945}}{{s-aft|after=Jimmy Durrant}}{{s-bef|before= Unknown}}{{s-ttl|title=OC Witwatersrand Command|years=1936{{snd}}1938}}{{s-aft|after=Charlie Ross}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Venter}} 12 : 1892 births|1977 deaths|Afrikaner people|White South African people|South African people of Dutch descent|South African Air Force generals|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar (United Kingdom)|People from Middelburg, Eastern Cape|Recipients of the Order of the Phoenix with Swords (Greece)|South African military personnel of World War I|South African Air Force personnel of World War II |
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