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Asta Birgitte Carter (née Jensen)
Asta Birgitte Carter was one of the Danish women who served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War. She had gone to England in 1938.
Asta Birgitte Carter was one of the Danish women who served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War. She had gone to England in 1938.
Leif Kaare Pay in one of the Danes attached to the RAF Ferry Command during the Second World War. He is - records indicate - an experienced pilot when joining in mid-1942, and is attached to this command until the end of the war.
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.
Eighteen Danes served in the Royal Australian Air Force during the Second World War. For most Danes in the Allied forces their service was connected—more or less directly—to the fight for the liberation of Danish. For those in Australian service, the stakes were different, and their service was perhaps more linked to the defence of their new country from the Japanese threat.