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Johan Jacobus Coetzer (1918 in Tarkastad - Killed in action 21 February 1941 in Massawa) was a South African Lieutenant in the South African Air Force during World War II. Johan Coetzer, a native of Tarkasland in the Cape Province, makes his initial training at the Military College before becoming a permanent military officer. Licensed pilot April 25, 1940, he was assigned to Squadron 1 / SAAF in East Africa. On February 21, 1941, when he already has 3 confirmed victories, he takes off to take part in the attack on the airfield of Massawa. Touched by the DCA, his Hurricane crashed in flames, killing the young pilot of 23 years whose body was buried at the cemetery in Asmara Eruthrée.