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General Sir Helperus Andreas van Ryneveld, (2 May 1891 – 2 December 1972) was a South African military commander. He was the founding commander of the South African Air Force (SAAF). He began his military career in World War I, in which he served in the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force), where he distinguished himself as a fighter ace. He served as CGS for sixteen years, including the whole of World War II. He retired in 1949.

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  • Pierre van Ryneveld
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  • General Sir Helperus Andreas van Ryneveld, (2 May 1891 – 2 December 1972) was a South African military commander. He was the founding commander of the South African Air Force (SAAF). He began his military career in World War I, in which he served in the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force), where he distinguished himself as a fighter ace. He served as CGS for sixteen years, including the whole of World War II. He retired in 1949.
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  • KBE CB DSO MC
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  • --05-02
Birth Date
  • 1891-05-02(xsd:date)
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death place
  • Pretoria, South Africa
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  • Pierre
Name
  • Helperus Andreas van Ryneveld
Birth Place
  • Senekal, Orange Free State
Title
  • Chief of the General Staff of the Union Defence Force
  • Director Air Services, South African Air Force
  • Officer Commanding No. 45 Squadron RFC
  • (From 1933 to 1937 SAAF remained under van Ryneveld's direct control)
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  • 1972-12-02(xsd:date)
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  • British Empire
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  • 1920(xsd:integer)
  • 1933(xsd:integer)
  • --04-24
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  • Sir
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  • General Sir Helperus Andreas van Ryneveld, (2 May 1891 – 2 December 1972) was a South African military commander. He was the founding commander of the South African Air Force (SAAF). He began his military career in World War I, in which he served in the Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force), where he distinguished himself as a fighter ace. After the war, van Ryneveld was called back to South Africa by the Prime Minister Jan Smuts in order to set up the SAAF. He flew back home, across Africa, in a Vickers Vimy - a pioneering feat for which he and his co-pilot Quintin Brand were both knighted. Colonel van Ryneveld established the SAAF in 1920, and directed it until 1933, when he was promoted to Chief of the General Staff (CGS), in command of the Union Defence Forces. However, for the next four years the SAAF remained under van Ryneveld's direct control as no one was appointed as the Air Force's director until 1937. He served as CGS for sixteen years, including the whole of World War II. He retired in 1949.
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