Pieter le Grange


Lieutenant General Pieter Andries Le Grange was a South African Air Force officer, who served as Chief of Staff Personnel from 1974 to 1977.

Air Force career

Le Grange joined the South African Air Defence Force in 1937, after a short stint in the Special Service Battalion, and participated in World War II by serving as Adjutant 2 Squadron in Italy and in Sicily. Adjutant 2 Squadron in the Korean War. In 1974, he acted as Director General Personnel. Chief of Staff Personnel from 1 May 197430 Sep 1977 on which date he retired.

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