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Clinge Doorenbos, Jan Jaap

Date of birth:
April 21st, 1916 (Bussum/North Holland, Netherlands)
Date of death:
November 22nd, 1939 (Hilliegersberg/South Holland, Netherlands)
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves Old General Cemetery Naarden
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Sergeant pilot

On November 22, 1939, Clinge Doorenbos was ordered to fly a load of weapons from Soesterberg airfield to Waalhaven airfield with his Fokker D21. He was overcome by a very thick fog and therefore died near Hillegersberg. He was buried in Naarden.

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