Wijnberg, Abraham Victor

Date of birth:: November 27th, 1920 (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: October 1991
Service number:: 171437
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

Victor Wijnberg grew up in Amsterdam and was posted to the Aviation Branch at the end of the 30’s. Following the capitulation of the Dutch, he was taken prisoner by the Germans but he managed to escape and reached England in a fishing vessel.
After having been trained as a secret agent, he was posted to parachute training.
He preferred however to join he RAF. After a medical examination he reported to an Air Crew Receiving Center and began his flight training. During the rest of the war he served with the RAF. After the war he flew ferry flights to Palestine and after having stranded in Cairo was imprisoned for six months in an Egyptian prison.
Later in life he became a businessman.

Promotions:
January 16th, 1944: Reserve Tweede-Luitenant vlieger der Militaire Luchtvaart;
?: Acting Flight Lieutenant;
March 5th, 1948: Reserve Eerste-Luitenant;
October 1st, 1950: Reserve Kapitein.

Career:
?: Luchtvaartafdeling;
April 22nd, 1944: No. 640 Squadron;
?: Dutch Communications Flight, RAF Transport Command.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Flight Lieutenant
Unit:: No. 640 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:: August 30th, 1944

Awarded for having flown his aircraft and crew safely back to base after the plane had been hit twice by Flak on a mission on August 2nd, 1944, causing the loss of many instruments and causing his plane to enter in a dive.

Permission to wear the decoration granted by Royal Decree No. 6, dated September 28th, 1944.