Date of birth:

October 26th, 1916 (Shanghai, China)

Date of death:

December 1st, 1976 (Doorn, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

Promotions:
November 1st, 1941: Sergeant 1e klasse;
March 15th, 1943: Reserve 2e Luitenant-Vlieger Waarnemer;
March 15th, 1944: Reserve 1e Luitenant-Vlieger Waarnemer

Military Career:
January 15th, 1941: Prinses Juliana Kazerne in Stratford, Ontario;
June 8th, 1941: ML-KNIL;
July 1st, 1941: Primary Training;
November 1st, 1941: Klein Militair Vliegbrevet;
May 8th, 1942: RNMFS Jackson, Mississippi;
February 13th, 1943: Groot Militair Vliegbrevet / Waarnemersbrevet;
September 2nd, 1943: No. 18 (NEI) Squadron, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia, Captain B-25 Mitchell Bomber;
May 7th, 1944: Transport Section Brisbane (later No. 2 (NEI) Transport Squadron);
July 3rd, 1945: Personnel and Equipment Squadron;
August 18th, 1945: 18th Squadron NEI - Balikpapan;
September 16th, 1945: 19th Transport Squadron Brisbane/Kemorajan
August 30th, 1946: Resigned;
October 1st, 1946: KLM.

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• Photo 1: John Deknatel
• - MEIJER, H.G. & VIS, R., Het Vliegerkruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1997.
  - Recommendation Vliegerkruis
  - Permission OHK
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