Profiles
T/4 Otto Madsen (1908–1974)
T/4 Otto Madsen was born in Denmark in 1908. He was working as a radio repairman as the war broke out. He enlisted in March 1943 and became worked on fighter control equipment in mainland USA during the war.
T/4 Otto Madsen was born in Denmark in 1908. He was working as a radio repairman as the war broke out. He enlisted in March 1943 and became worked on fighter control equipment in mainland USA during the war.
Poul Bedey is one of a small number of Danish volunteers in the Malayan Volunteer Air Force during the Second World War. Records indicate that he tries to volunteer for the Royal Air Force in 1942 having escaped Malaysia.
On 30 June 1945, the Royal Air Force exhibition in Copenhagen officially opened. The exhibition was hosted by the department store Magasin du Nord on Kongens Nytorv in central Copenhagen. Danish Fg Off. Jørgen T. Bruun returned to Denmark from India to take part in the running of the exhibition.
Three Danish women served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. The Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force was created in mid-1941 and became the Women’s Division, an integral part of RCAF, in 1942.