Date of birth:

June 21st, 1913 (Theux/Verviers, Belgium)

Date of death:

June 14th, 1944 (Jersey/Channel Islands, Great-Britain)

Buried on:

Field of Honour Brussels City Cemetery

Nationality:

Belgian

Promotions:
May 31st, 1933: Caporal/Korporaal;
July 12th, 1940: Pilot Officer;
?: Flying Officer;
1941: Acting Flight Lieutenant;

Career:
November 1931: Belgian Airforce;
March 23rd, 1932: Brevet Civil, St. Hubert;
March 26th, 1932: Brevet élémentaire;
May 24th, 1933: 2eme Regiment de Chasse, Schaffen;
November 1938: Vliegschool Wavelgem;
1940: Adjutant 3eme Escadrille, Deurne;
June 23rd, 1940: England;
July 12th, 1940: No. 5 Operational Training Unit, Aston Down;
August 5th, 1940: No. 235 Squadron;
August 23rd, 1940: French-Belgian Flying School, Odiham;
June 23rd, 1941: No. 58 Operational Training Unit;
?: No. 123 Squadron, Drem;
?: No. 64 Squadron;
September 28th, 1941: Flight Commander B Flight, No. 131 Squadron;
October 14th, 1941: No. 350 Squadron;
April 17th, 1942: No. 232 Squadron, Atcham;
August 31st, 1942 - September 1943: Commanding Officer No. 129 Squadron;
?: Central Gunnery School;
February 24th, 1944: Commanding Officer No. 263 Squadron.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 21st, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 232 Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

August 19th, 1942

Citation:
"Belgian Pilot Officer that led his squadron in an exellent way during three attacks on Dieppe, and that flying at a low altitude, assured the safety of the groundforces and fought off attacks of enemy bombers in an excellent way."

Received with bronze palme.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Squadron Leader

Unit:

No. 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

July 2nd, 1944

• Photo 1: Tom MacNeill
• - Dillien, A., Promotions de Pilotes Militaires Belges, 31-07-2005
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