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Danish WW2 Pilots

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

Profile13 Jul 12, 5:31

Leif Bangsbøl

Leif Bangsbøll volunteers for the Royal Norwegian Air Force in 1941. For some reason he leaves Canada to enlist for the U.S. Army. and ends as agent in the Office of the Strategic Services (O.S.S).

Profile27 Jul 10, 21:26

Ove C. Terp

Ove C. Terp is trained as pilot in the Danish army before the war. He joins Luftwaffe in 1941, survives the war, works for USAF before joining the Bundesluftwaffe as German citizen in the 1950’s.

Article07 Jan 09, 20:17

Danish Volunteer Pilots in Malaysia

A small number of Danes working in the plantation industry in Malaysia in the 1930s volunteers in 1940-41 for the Malayan Volunteer Air Force – a small force that support the allied forces in South-East Asia during the 1941-42 campaign.

Article01 May 21, 6:10

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.