| Honorific Prefix: | Major General |
| Christoffel Johannes Venter | |
| Birth Date: | 1892 11, df=yes |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | near Middelburg, Cape Colony |
| Death Place: | Lyttleton, Pretoria |
| Nickname: | Boetie |
| Allegiance: | |
| Branch: | Aviation |
| Rank: | Major General |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Battles Label: | Wars |
| Laterwork: | Managing Director South African Airways |
Major-General Christoffel 'Boetie' Venter, (1 November 189220 February 1977) was a South African military commander.
He joined the 7 Mounted Rifles in 1912 then the 5 SAMR in August 1914 for service in South West Africa. He joined 1 South African Infantry Battalion in 1916 and served in France until he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in February 1917. He was shot down and captured in 1918. He won the DFC and bar and was credited with 16 aerial victories, and joined the South African Air Force in 1922.[1]
He commanded 1 Squadron SAAF and served as Officer Commanding Wits Command in 1936.[2]
He was from 1940 to 1945. After World War II, he was managing director of South African Airways.
Then Major General Venter was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1944
The notice in the London Gazette reads as follows:
Lieutenant Venter was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1918. The notice in the London Gazette reads as follows:
In November 1918 he was awarded a bar to his Distinguished Flying CrossThe notice in the London Gazette reads as follows:
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