Date of birth:

November 5th, 1914 (Surakarta/Java, Dutch East Indies)

Date of death:

(Lubuk Keliat/Sumatra, Dutch East Indies)

Nationality:

Dutch

Pilot Royal Dutch East Indies Aviation Company.

Nieuwdorp left Broome (NW Australia) for Bandung on February 26, 1942 as co-pilot of DC-3 PK-AFZ. In addition to the PK-AFZ, two other DC-3s took off, the planes were loaded with weapons and medicine. One of the three reached Bandung, a second arrived in Batavia in the nick of time with almost dry tanks; however, the PK-AFZ went missing. An investigation conducted in 1988 revealed that the aircraft was lost on February 27, 1942 south of Tanjung Batu (Sumatra).

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• Photo 1: IN MEMORIAM, De Oud-Kwekelingen van de Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart te Amsterdam 1939-1945, Derde herziene uitgave 2020
• - POLDERMAN, K. & RUITER, H. DE, IN MEMORIAM, VOK, Amsterdam, 2020.
  - Hendrik Willem Nieuwdorp | Oorlogsgravenstichting
  

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