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

Henning Lembcke

Henning Lembcke lived in South America at the outbreak of war. He arrived in England in 1943 and volunteered for the Royal Air Force.

Charles Peter Ernest Schalburg

Flt Lt Charles Peter Ernest Schalburg trained as RAF pilot in the United States during the Second World War. He is known to have served with 8 Squadron in the Middle East. He was born in England to a Danish father and a British born mother.

V1 Flying Bombs over London

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.

Non-Danish "Danish" Aircrew

During the course of my research on Danish pilots and aircrew I have come across a number of people who turned out not to meet the criteria to be included on this site as Danish. Some of these people are mentioned as Danish by other sources, others have been researched because they hold Danish names.