S/Sgt Borge O. Kellstrom was killed in action, when B-17G 43-38234 Easy Does It was shot down by flak on a mission to Berlin on 5 December 1944. He was born in Rønne, Denmark, but emigrated with his family to the USA in 1923. He was one of more than 30,000 Danish-Americans mobilized during Second World War.
Aage Valdemar Helstrup Laursen is a Danish born Canadian pilot who is killed while in service with the Air Transport Auxiliary.
As April turned into May in 1945, events suggested that the war in Europe would soon end. At this point, the anti-shipping attacks by Coastal Command and 2nd Tactical Air Force in Danish waters reached a climax. Wg Cdr Kaj Birksted and Lt Kjeld Rønhof was part of the escort, when the Strike Wings attacked on 3 May 1945. They both flew their last operations of the war on this day.
The Soviet Union attacked Finland on 30 November 1939. People all over the world were appalled by the aggression. To many Danes it was an inexcusable attack on a neutral country and a sister nation.
