Danish WW2 Pilots

Profiles

The nucleus of this site is the individual profiles of each person I have been able to find that was in air force service during the war. The profiles can be accessed though the alphabetical index.

Kjeld Rønhof

Kjeld Rønhof is one of many Danish sailors who join the allied forces during the Second World War. He volunteers for the Royal Norwegian Air Forces in camp “Little Norway” in Canada and is trained as pilot. He is posted to No. 332 (Norwegian) Squadron in mid-July 1942 and ends operational duties in No. 19 Squadron on Mustangs in April 1945. His own story was published as early as in 1945.

Borge Olufsen Kellstrom

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.

Magda Marie Andersen

Magda Marie Andersen was one of the Danish women serving in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the war. She served at Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital, Halton, and later transferred to Norwegian service.

Knud Flemming van der Aa Kühle

Knud Fleming van der Aa Kühle is born in Sweden, raised in Denmark, and living in Kenya at the outbreak of war. He is one of three brothers in British service. He is attatched to No. 254 Squadron, Coastal Command, but killed during a training flight in 1941.