Danish WW2 Pilots

T/4 Otto Madsen was born in Denmark in 1908. He was working as a radio repairman as the war broke out. He enlisted in March 1943 and became worked on fighter control equipment in mainland USA during the war.

Poul B. Christensen is one of the Danish pilots who volunteer for the Winter War in Finland in 1939-40.

Twenty years ago, in August 2006, the domain 'danishww2pilots.dk' was registered and the first version of this website went online. What began as a small personal research project has grown into perhaps the most comprehensive online references documenting Danes who served in Allied military aviation during the Second World War.

Group Captain John Edgar "Johnnie" Johnson, top-scoring fighter ace in the European theatre, begins and ends his best-selling memories, "Wing Leader", in Copenhagen. This is due to the fact that he is the commanding officer of B.160 Copenhagen/Kastrup in May-June 1945. But it is not only the presence of this well-known pilot that makes the airport an interesting place.