Danish WW2 Pilots

Profiles

The nucleus of this site is the individual profiles of each person I have been able to find that was in air force service during the war. The profiles can be accessed though the alphabetical index.

Hans Andersen

Hans Andersen is one of the Danes who volunteers for the Royal Canadian Air Force. He serves an Aero Engine Mechanic.

Eyvind Gunnar Bundgaard

LAC E. G. Bundgaard was one of the Danes serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. He is presumed to have been a mechanic, but few details are available on his service.

Kjeld Rønhof

Kjeld Rønhof is one of many Danish sailors who join the allied forces during the Second World War. He volunteers for the Royal Norwegian Air Forces in camp “Little Norway” in Canada and is trained as pilot. He is posted to No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron in mid-July 1942 and ends operational duties in No. 19 Squadron on Mustangs in April 1945. His own story was published as early as in 1945.

Ruth Baadsgaard (m. Boex)

Born in England to Danish parents, Section Officer Ruth Baadsgaard was one of the Danish women who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War. One in seven of the Danish volunteers in the Allied air forces was a woman. Often their stories are little known.