Hendrikx, Leonard Willem Marie
- Date of birth:
- September 21st, 1923 (Roermond, The Netherlands)
- Nationality:
- Dutch
Biography
Promotions:
21st April 1944: Reserve Tweede Luitenant-vlieger der Militaire Luchtvaart;
5th March 1948: Reserve Eerste Luitenant;
1st October 1950: Reserve Kapitein.
Career:
March 1945: No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron.
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Kruis van Verdienste (KV)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Dienstplichtig Soldaat
- Unit:
- Engelandvaarder
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1943
"For with policy preparing and executing a plan to escape from occupied the Netherlands followed by, after having encountered many difficulties, reaching England."
Royal Decree No. 11, dated 25th February 1943.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitein b.d. (Captain (ret.))
- Unit:
- No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron
- Awarded on:
- April 30th, 2018
Received for wounds inflicted during a crash after an airbattle on April 1st, 1945.
- Period:
- Indonesian War of Independence (1945-1949)
- Awarded on:
- August 2019
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Pauline van Till
- - HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.
- The Dutch Medals Page
- Brons, Jaargang 2018, Editie 90, page 16-17
- Brons, Jaargang 2019, Editie 93
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