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Revision as of 06:27, 23 July 2013
Operation Rekstok was a series of South African raids into southern Angola on 7 March 1979 during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.[1] The operation lasted six days. Operating from Ovamboland, SADF forces entered Angola and attacked SWAPO bases at Mongua, Oncocua, Henhombe and Heque.[2][3] During the operation, a SAAF Canberra bomber was shot down, killing Lt Wally Marais and 2Lt OJ Doyle.[4] The SADF conducted Rekstok concurrently with Operation Safraan and later performed Operation Sceptic.
Further reading
Steenkamp, Willem. South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989. Ashanti Publishing, 1989.
Hamann, Hilton. Days of the Generals. Zebra Press, 2001
References
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