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Thorkil Peter Niels Enevoldsen Hansen
LAC T. E. Hansen enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force aged 58 in March 1943. He was born in Denmark in 1884, but emigrated to New Zealand in 1916.
LAC T. E. Hansen enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force aged 58 in March 1943. He was born in Denmark in 1884, but emigrated to New Zealand in 1916.
Peter Nikolaj Brandt-Møller joins the Army Air Corps in 1934. In 1944-45 he is one of the Danish pilots trained in Sweden as part of DANFORCE.
A large number of especially young Danish born men entered air service via the United States. Many of these were sailors having left Denmark before the German occupation. Most of these men volunteered for the Norwegian forces training in Camp Little Norway in Canada, but some enlisted in the USAAF.
Kaj Birksted becomes Wing Commander (flying) of the North Weald Wing on 1 August 1943. As Wing Commander he had the privilege to carry his initials as identity code on his aircraft. He is believed to have had three Spitfires carrying "KB" on the fuselage. This article is an attempt to compile information on these aircraft - at the time being with a focus on the first.