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Bouma, Folkert

Date of birth:
June 8th, 1921 (St. Jacobiparochie, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
August 19th, 1944 (Acqueville, Fr. a/b Mitchell FR258)
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg
Plot: 8. Grave: 20.
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reserve-Eerste Luitenant-Vlieger
Unit:
No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
September 14th, 1944
"For some time at the 320th Squadron R.D.N.A.S. of Onzen Marine Luchtvaartdienst in the United Kingdom, in war flights against the enemy, [he] showed courage, skill, perseverance and devotion to duty."

Posthumously awarded (Royal Decree no. 8)
Vliegerkruis (VK)

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