Date of birth:

July 3rd, 1915

Date of death:

September 5th, 1975

Service number:

122587

Nationality:

Dutch

Flew post-war for Shell in Ecuador (late '45 till mid '46), when he joined KLM as a pilot until April 1968.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 149 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

March 21st, 1945

Permission to wear the decoration granted by Royal Decree No. 34, dated April 12th, 1945.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Reserve 1ste Luitenant-Vlieger (Acting Flight Lieutenant)

Unit:

No. 149 (East India) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

May 8th, 1945

For actions in Western Europe, 7 months of bombadment flights and minelaying operations.

361st Award.
Royal Decree 080545-20.
His tunic is at the Militairy Airforce Museum at Soesterberg.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

With a clasp.

• - MEIJER, H.G. & VIS, R., Het Vliegerkruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1997.
  - The Dutch Medals Page