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Stroobants, Louis Julien "Priam"

Date of birth:
January 19th, 1915
Date of death:
June 3rd, 1944
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Bergen op Zoom
Plot: 24. Row: A. Grave: 2-10.
Nationality:
Belgian

Biography

Sergeant Louis Stroobant was killed on June 3rd, 1944 when the Handley Page Halifax Mk V., LL307 of No. 138 Squadron crashed near Stavenisse, the Netherlands. The plane was shot down by a German nightfighter during a droppig for the resistance.
Louis Stroobants was to have been dropped as a SOE Agent.

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