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Date of birth:

October 14th, 1919 (Antwerp, Belgium)

Date of death:

February 3rd, 1945 (Dalfsen, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Field of Honour Brussels City Cemetery

Service number:

1424895

Nationality:

Belgian

Léon van de Werve de Vorsselaer was killed in action near Dalfse, the Netherlands, while attacking a V 2 launch site.

Flt Sgt Leon A. van de Werve de Vosselaer was effectively killed when his Spitfire LF Mk.IX PT549 crashed at 1230 hrs at Hessum, 2 km east of Dalfsen. He was buried at Dalfsen Cemetery. In 1950 he was exhumed and reburied at Evere (Brussels), Belgium.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Adjudant Vlieger (Flight Sergeant)

Unit:

No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

May 23rd, 1950

"His war flights over the Netherlands in 1944 and 1945, where he was shot down near DALFSEN on February 3, 1945, during a bombardment of a V 2 emplacement."

700th Award.
Royal Decree no.16, dated May 23rd, 1950.
Awarded posthumously.

• - MEIJER, H.G. & VIS, R., Het Vliegerkruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1997.
  - Dutch Knight orders and Decorations
  - Aircrew Remembrance Society
  

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Commonwealth War Graves Dalfsen

Dalfsen - Overijssel

Crash Location Spitfire LF Mk IXc PT549 GE-T

Hessum - Overijssel

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