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.

Gunnar Abildgaard

Seaman First Class Gunnar Abildgaard served in the US Navy as a naturalised US Citizen. He died in the kamekaze attack on the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill on 11 May 1945. He was one of two Danish born casualties in the attack.

Paul Fahrenholtz

Sub Lt (A) Paul Fahrenholtz was born in Denmark, but naturalised in Canada in 1935. He served in the Canadian Army and later in the Fleet Air Arm. He was killed on 30 October 1941, when he collided with another aircraft approach to RNAS Eastleigh.

Hans Nielsen

Pfc Hans Nielsen was one of the more than 30,000 Danish-Americans who were mobilized during the Second World War. He served in the Army Air Force.

Knud Rosenauer Hauch

Knud Rosenauer Hauch is in service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He is promoted to Squadron Leader and is awarded the OBE.