Introduction
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.
Profiles
FS Paul Andersen (1923–1944)
Paul Andersen enlisted in the RCAF in late 1942 and served as an air gunner in 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron in 1944. Andersen and his crew was killed in action returning from a minelaying operation over Danish waters in 15/16 July 1944.
Profiles
Guttorm Bouet (1909–1972)
Guttorm Bouet is attached to the Danish forces in Sweden in 1944-45. He was trained as pilot in the Army Air Services before the war and he returns to the Army following the Liberation.
Profiles
Sgt Niels Haubert Jensen (1907–n/a)
T/Sgt Niels Haubert Jensen was one of the more than 30,000 Danish-Americans who served in the US armed forces during the Second World War. He served as crew chief on "the Hump" over the Himalayas.
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Sec. Off. Ruth Baadsgaard (m. Boex) (1920–2000)
Born in England to Danish parents, Section Officer Ruth Baadsgaard was one of the Danish women who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War. One in seven of the Danish volunteers in the Allied air forces was a woman. Often their stories are little known.