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Dear Sir,

Information is requested about the circumstances of death or loss of the following FAA aviators. All had the Dutch nationality. Could you please point me to the proper archive and/or person, where more crash data may be held?

The request is part of an enquiry into the circumstances of loss of all Dutch aviators, who served in the RAF or the FAA during the Second World War. Results are filed at the Dutch Airforce Historical Branch, and are to be published.

It seems that all men listed below were lost in flying accidents. The amount of information about the circumstances, as held by the relevant archives in Holland, is minimal. Therefore, any help is greatly appreciated. These men belong to a mostly forgotted group.

If any-one in the UK is interested in the subject, I can provide portrait photographs of several of these aviators.

Kind regards,

Rob Philips

Dutch FAA aviators killed or missing
Compiled by Rob Philips, May 2005, email rob.philips@planet.nl

Heijne, Rudi Anton Casper, Lac/Matr 1kl ARO, ? FAA Sqn, born Weltevreden, Java, NEI 29-04-1923, KIA Sea off Buddon Ness Lighthouse, 21-05-1943, flying Swordfish. Buried Western Cem. Arbroath, Scotland, GB, grave D/21. Flying accident during training flight.

Evers, Jacob, Off Vl 3kl, ? FAA Sqn, born Rotterdam 14-11-1919, KIA Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, GB, 08-12-1943, with Swordfish Mk II HS274. Buried Grangemouth Grandsable Cemetery, GB, grave I/42. Flying accident presumed.

Hoffman, Johan George, Off Zwnr 3kl, ? FAA Sqn, born Malang, Java, NEI 08-05-1922, KIA Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, GB, 08-12-1943, with Swordfish Mk II HS274. Buried Grangemouth Grandsable Cemetery, GB, grave L/44. Flying accident presumed.

Boelhouwer, Marius, Korp Vltg Telegr, 860FAA Sqn, born Giessendam 18-10-1919, MIA Atlantic Ocean, 11-01-1944, with Swordfish Mk II LS244. Flying accident during operational flight from merchant Aircraft Carrier Acavus.

Krijnen, Gerard Abraham Quirinus, Off Wnr 3kl, 860FAA Sqn, born Batavia, Java, NEI 13-09-1921, MIA Atlantic Ocean, 11-01-1944, with Swordfish Mk II LS244. Flying accident during operational flight from merchant Aircraft Carrier Acavus.

Slakhorst, Johannes, Off Vl 3kl, 860FAA Sqn, born Oosterbeek 10-12-1916, MIA Atlantic Ocean, 11-01-1944, with Swordfish Mk II LS244. Flying accident during operational flight from merchant Aircraft Carrier Acavus.

Huijer, Petrus Johannes, Off Vl 3kl, 1840FAA Sqn, born Den Helder 11-11-1924, KIA Stretton, Cheshire, GB, 15-03-1944, with Hellcat JV161. Buried Churchyard Appleton, Cheshire, GB, grave S/I/2. Collision with A.J. Smith.

Smith, Alexander Joseph, Sgt Vl, 1840FAA Sqn, born Meester Cornelis, Java, NEI 09-05-1921, KIA Stretton, Cheshire, GB, 15-03-1944, with Hellcat JV166. Buried Churchyard Appleton, Cheshire, GB, grave S/I/3. Collision with P.J. Huijer.

Blok, Johannes, Off Vl 2kl MLD, 1847FAA Sqn, born Batavia, Java, NEI 14-11-1919, KIA Tullybrisland, Londonderry, Ire, 27-03-1944, with Hellcat Mk I. Buried Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats, Amsterdam, grave 42/57. Collided with S. de Ridder

Ridder, de, Simon, Sgt Vl, 1847FAA Sqn, born Amsterdam 14-03-1918, KIA Tullybrisland, Londonderry, Ire, 27-03-1944, with Hellcat Mk I. Buried Ereveld Loenen, grave E/1012. Collided with J. Blok.

Mallee, Gerard Adriaan, Off 3kl MSD, 1847FAA Sqn, born Amsterdam 16-11-1921, KIA Yeovilton, Somerset, GB, 26-04-1944, with Wildcat FN245. Buried Yeovilton Churchyard, RNAS Extension, GB, grave D/2. Flying accident presumed.

Hollander, Erick Hendrik den, Off Vl 3kl, 1847FAA Sqn, born Bandoeng, Java, NEI 29-09-1922, KIA Loughmagarry, near Ballymena, Antrim, Ire., 28-04-1944, with Hellcat Mk I FN390 M. Buried Faughanvale St. Canice Churchyard Eglinton, Ire, grave 15. Fell out of formation at 26.000 ft and dived to the sea. Oxygen failure presumed.

Brogtrop, Franciscus Cornelis Marie, Sgt Vl Wnr ML-KNIL, 1847FAA Sqn, born Breda 13-02-1919, KIA Lough Foyle, 2 mile N of RAF Eglinton, Londonderry, Ire., 18-05-1944, with Hellcat Mk I JV182. Buried Mill Hill, London, grave A/15/1. Collided with H.C. de Jager during forming up after take-off.

Jager, Hendrik Christiaan de, 2Lt VL ML, 1847FAA Sqn, born Tilburg 27-02-1918, KIA Lough Foyle, 2 mile N of RAF Eglinton, Londonderry, Ire., 18-05-1944, with Hellcat Mk I FN376. Buried Faughanvale St. Canice Churchyard Eglinton, Ire, grave 16. Collided with F.C.M. Brogtrop during forming up after take-off.

Limbosch, Theodoor (Theo), Off Vl 3kl, 1840FAA Sqn, born Malang, Java, NEI 26-04-1923, MIA SW of Greenock, GB, 09-06-1944, with Hellcat Mk I FN404. Flying accident presumed.

Dongen, Claudius Antoon Dick van, Off Vl 3kl, FAA Sqn, born Semarang, Java, NEI 19-09-1923, MIA Atlantic Ocean NW of Flow, GB, 03-08-1944, with Hellcat JV178 flying from (?) HMS Formidable. Unable to recover from a dive during bombing run practice.