Danish WW2 Pilots | Remembering Danish air force volunteers of the Second World War

Danish WW2 Pilots

Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom. Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces during the Second World War
Danish WW2 Pilots

Profile14 Sep 19, 14:46

Leif Thygesen Graae

Leif Thygesen Graae lived in Columbia when the war broke out. He volunteered for the US Army Air Force following the German occupation of Denmark.

Profile30 Jun 11, 18:20

Bent Michael Herbst Jensen

Bent Herbst Jensen may have been the first Danish pilot to face a Me 262 jet aircraft. He is one of the Danish pilots who serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War.

Article01 Jan 18, 17:05

The Free Danes in London dreamed of establishing a Danish Spitfire Squadron. In 1941-1942, funds were collected in Danish communities all around the world for the Danish Spitfire Fund. This article tells the story of the Danish Spitfires.

Article05 May 18, 22:13

The first Allied aircraft arriving in Copenhagen

On 5 May 1945, the first Allied aircraft landed in what was to become B.160 Copenhagen/Kastrup carrying the SHAEF Mission to Denmark - and the Danish pilot Flt Lt 'Morian' Hansen, DFC GM.