Knud Graae was born in Denmark but he emigrated to New Zealand before the war, where he was naturalised. He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force from December 1942 to October 1944, including a four months overseas posting in the New Hebrides. He was an active member of the Danish community in Auckland.
Svend Sondergaard was one of two brothers serving as Flight Engineer in the RCAF during the Second World War. He was killed in action during a raid on Frankfurt in December 1943.
Shortly after D-Day, the first V1 flying bombs hit London. Three Danish fighter pilots were involved in the fighter defence against the flying bombs in the summer of 1944.
It was a busy day in B.160 Copenhagen/Kastrup on 7 May 1945. Just before 11.00 hrs. a Mosquito FB VI touched down. Three weeks before the pilot had bombed the Gestapo HQ in Odense, now he arrived with the soon to be Foreign Minister.
