Fg Off Dix was the son of the former British Navy Attaché in Copenhagen, where he was born. He served in the Danish Army before escaping to Sweden during the German occupation of Denmark. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force in late 1943 and served as an intelligence officer.
Jens Henning Fisker "Morian" Hansen is perhaps the most colourful of the Danish volunteers. He volunteers for the Royal Air Force as early as in 1939 before the German occupation of Denmark, and is awarded the prestigious George Medal in 1940.
During the Second World War an ambulance was donated to the Royal New Zealand Air Force by the Danish Association in New Zealand. A number of photographs in the collection of the Royal Danish Library document the event at which some of the Danish volunteers were present.
The Danish pilot Poul Henrichsen worked for the East Asiatic Company in Singapore before the war. In October 1941, he volunteered for flying training at the Government Flying Training School in Singapore. The article tells the story of this establishment.