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Olaf Francis Poulsen
Olaf F. Poulsen was born in Ghent in Belgium in 1911, by a Danish father. He served in the Royal Air Force in England, Burma and Africa during the Second World War.
Olaf F. Poulsen was born in Ghent in Belgium in 1911, by a Danish father. He served in the Royal Air Force in England, Burma and Africa during the Second World War.
Kaj Olaf Mortensen arrived in New Zealand in late 1940 onboard the four-masted barque Pamir. He enlisted in the RNZAF in 1943, but seems to have served in the Army as well.
A photo of a Hawker Typhoon from 137 Sqn named ‘Aase’ and a Danish flag in a Scottish newspaper caught my eye. It is likely that Aase was the sweetheart of one of the pilots, while stationed in Copenhagen for six weeks from early May 1945.
Norway was liberated on 8 May 1945 on VE-day. More than fifty Danes serving in the Royal Norwegian Air Force celebrated and participated in the liberation of their second, wartime homeland.