Introduction
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.
Profiles
Flt Lt Henning Pedersen (1918–1999)
Henning Pedersen volunteers for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, but wins distinction in No. 489 (RNZAF) Squadron and No. 279 Squadron.
Profiles
Plt Off. Eiler Villy Andersen (1923–1997)
Eiler Villy Andersen is one of the Danes who volunteers for the Royal Canadian Air Force. His aircraft is shot down over Germany and he is injured and taken prisoner in March 1944.
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Erik Christiansen (1915–1944)
S/Sgt Erik Christiansen was one of the more than 30,000 Danish-Americans who were mobilized during the Second World War. He was trained as a flight engineer and served in the Ninth Air Force. He was killed in action on 23 December 1944 during an attack on the Ahrweiler railroad viaduct.
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Milan Martiny (1921–1943)
Milan Martiny served in the South African army in Abyssinia and Egypt before being selected for training as fighter pilot. He was killed in a training flight near Pretoria on 6 September 1943.