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.

Plt Off. Axel Anders Svendsen (1922–1942)

A smiling and confident looking young man on a Spitfire wing; a Spitfire by the name ‘Skagen Ind.’ The photo was taken on 10 April 1942, the young man is Pilot Officer Axel Anders Svendsen. A fortnight later he is shot down and killed over Northern France.</p>

SSgt Christian Wejby Pedersen (1920–1979)

Christian W. Pedersen was born in Løkken, Denmark, in 1920 but emigrated with his parents to the United States at the age of three. He enlisted in the US Army Air Corps just after the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939. He served in the USAAF for more than 30 years.