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.

FS Preben Brandt Gustavsen (1923–1943)

Preben Brandt Gustavsen was one of the Danish volunteers in Bomber Command. The was born in Denmark, but emigrated to Canada at an early age. He enlisted in July 1941. He was killed in March 1943, when his Wellington crashed near Gelsenkirchen in Germany.

Sgt Fred Larsen Back (1909–1991)

Sgt Fred L. Back was one of the Danish nationals who enlisted in the USAAF. He served as ground personnel and is known to have been part of 7th Ferrying Group in Great Falls, Montana, involved in the ferrying of lend-lease aircraft and supplies for the Soviet Union.