Date of birth:

May 1st, 1917 (Batavia, Dutch Indies)

Date of death:

April 30th, 1944 (Rawicz, Poland)

Nationality:

Dutch

Lived in Haarlem. Unmarried. Third mate merchant navy. Member resistance. Secret agent (as operator) at Special Operations Executive in the rank of temporary Infantry Sergeant. His code names were Hoek and Cucumber. On the night of October 27 to 28, 1942, he parachuted over occupied Dutch territory near Putten under the pseudonym Jan Willems and was arrested after landing. He was transported to Poland via Haaren, Vught and Germany. Bakker was killed in Rawicz. Bakker has been awarded the Bronze Cross twice. Bakker has no identifiable grave.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Stuurman

Awarded on:

September 3rd, 1942

Royal decree no. 3

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Tijdelijk aangesteld dienstplichtig Sergeant van het Wapen der Infanterie

Unit:

N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government

Awarded on:

May 2nd, 1953

Awarded for:

Operation Plan Holland

Distinguished himself by courageous action against the enemy as an agent of a secret intelligence service, which sent him to territory occupied by the enemy during the years 1940-1945, where he had to fulfill a life-threatening task under extremely difficult circumstances, which led to enemy counteraction. are led by.

Royal decree no. 33 (posthumously awarded)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: IN MEMORIAM, De Oud-Kwekelingen van de Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart te Amsterdam 1939-1945, Derde herziene uitgave 2020
• - OGS Gedenkboek 2, Oorlogsgravenstichting.
  - HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.
  - POLDERMAN, K. & RUITER, H. DE, IN MEMORIAM, VOK, Amsterdam, 2020.
  - http://www.onderscheidingen.nl/
  - Dutch Agents 1940-1945
  - Jacob Bakker | Oorlogsgravenstichting
  

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