Danish WW2 Pilots | Remembering Danish air force volunteers of the Second World War

Danish WW2 Pilots

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

Profile23 Aug 11, 3:14

Frank William Marius Jensen

Frank William Marius Jensen joins Royal Air Force before the war and has a long and eventful career ending as Group Captain.

Profile23 Feb 13, 22:30

Bernhard Ingvar S. Mathisen

Bernard Ingvar S. Mathisen is born in Aarhus, Denmark, in 1924, but is of Norwegian nationality. He volunteers for the Royal Norwegian Air Force in 1943.

Article02 May 21, 7:50

Liberation of Norway, 8 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.

Article31 Mar 18, 21:18

In October 1941, a Spitfire Fund was set up to collect funds for a number of Danish Spitfires. The result of the collection was presented to Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 10 Downing Street on 9 April 1942.