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Steenbeek, Nicolaas

Date of birth:
September 8th, 1915 (IJsselstein, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
May 10th, 1940 ('s-Gravenzande, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves Den Haag
Grave: 4.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Reserve 2nd lieutenant pilot

Steenbeek was a member of the crew of a Fokker T-V that was shot down by German fighter planes near Kijkduin on May 10, 1940.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Tweede Luitenant-Vlieger (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Bombardeervliegtuigafdeling, 1e Luchtvaartregiment, Wapen der Militaire Luchtvaart
Awarded on:
May 8th, 1946

Posthumously awarded (Royal Decree no. 6)
Vliegerkruis (VK)

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