Date of birth:

November 13th, 1916 (Arnhem, Netherlands)

Date of death:

May 13th, 1940 (Nieuw-Lekkerland/South Holland, Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Moscowa Arnhem

Nationality:

Dutch

Schoute is a reserve 2nd lieutenant pilot in the Military Aviation and flies the modern Fokker G-1 fighters. He is assigned to the 4th Ja.V.A. (4th Fighter Aircraft Division), official (4 - II - 1 Lv.R.). This unit was stationed at Bergen Airfield (NH) during the mobilization and the May days of 1940.
On Monday, May 13, 1940, flying in a G-1, he accompanied a second G-1 flown by Jhr. B. Sandberg, the last remaining bomber, the Fokker T-V "856 on a flight to bomb the road bridge at the Moerdijk. On the outward flight, above Nieuw-Lekkerland, the formation is attacked by Me 109s that attack the T-V and the G-1 from Shooting down Schoute. All occupants of both aircraft - a total of 7 pilots including Paul Schoute - are killed.
Initially, Schoute is buried in Nieuw-Lekkerland. However, Schoute's remains were given a final resting place on Thursday, June 20, 1940 at the 'Moscowa' General Cemetery in Arnhem.

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• Photo 1: IN MEMORIAM, De Oud-Kwekelingen van de Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart te Amsterdam 1939-1945, Derde herziene uitgave 2020
• - POLDERMAN, K. & RUITER, H. DE, IN MEMORIAM, VOK, Amsterdam, 2020.
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