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Braggaar, Cornelis Carel

Date of birth:
September 23rd, 1913 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 6th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen, Austria)
Buried on:
Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Lieutenant Commander 3rd Class Royal Navy Special Services

Braggaar was sent as a secret agent as part of the 'Plan for Holland' and was dropped as a paratrooper over the occupied Netherlands during the night of 16 to 17 February 1943. On February 17 he was arrested by the occupiers.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Luitenant ter zee der 3e klasse
Unit:
N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
June 6th, 1953
Awarded for:
Operation Parsley

Royal decree no. 26 (posthumously awarded)
Bronzen Kruis (BK)

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