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Apr 12, 1920 Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa Died on 19 Sep 1944 (aged 24)
South African aviator
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About Johannes Jacobus Le Roux
- Squadron Leader Johannes Jacobus le Roux (12 April 1920 - 19 September 1944) was a South African World War II flying ace, who flew for the Royal Air Force.
- He is credited with 23.5 kills He joined the RAF in 1939. 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.
