Hoogewooning, Frederik Johannes

Date of birth:: January 29th, 1923 (Amsterdam/North Holland, Netherlands)
Date of death:: March 8th, 1945 (Wassenaar (Waalsdorpervlakte), Netherlands)
Buried on:: Dutch Field of Honour Loenen
Plot: A. Grave: 1145.
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

Lived in Heemstede, Jozef Israëlsplein 10. Son of Frederik Johannes Hoogewooning (27 February 1882 Amsterdam) and Alida Plank (5 April 1891 Amsterdam). Unmarried. Mate/First Lieutenant for General Service, seconded to the Intelligence Bureau. Member resistance. He used the code names Piet Groeneveld, Lammert, Lammetje and Lambert. In the 'field' he called himself F.J. Smith. In London he was trained as a radio operator by the BI. On the night of December 30 to 31, 1944, he was dropped in the Zwammerdam area together with agent Karel Christiaan Mooiweer (1923-1971). He had to maintain contact between the Albrecht spy group and the BI in Eindhoven. He also brought money and communications equipment for the intelligence group. At the beginning of January 1945 he had set up his signal box in Utrecht. After investigating his radio station, he was arrested on February 22 or 27, 1945. He was imprisoned in Utrecht and the 'Oranjehotel' before he was shot at Woeste Hoeve in reprisal for the attack on SS-Befehlshaber Hanns Albin Johann Baptist Rauter on March 6, 1945. Hoogewooning was only found deceased when the mass grave was discovered on June 16, 1945.

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Kruis van Verdienste (KV)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 12th, 1947

Distinguished himself in connection with enemy action with courage and decisive action and thereby served the interests of the kingdom by wisely preparing and executing a plan to escape from the occupied Netherlands, after which, after experiencing many difficulties, England was reached.

Royal Decree no. 26 of November 12, 1947 (posthumous)