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
Pvt. Knud Christian Michelsen (1912–1959)
Pvt Knud C Michelsen was one of the Danish nationals who enlisted in the US Army. Some sources indicate that he served in an air force unit but it is more likely that he served in the Army Service Forces.
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Niels Charles Jensen (1920–1990)
2nd Lt Niels Charles Jensen was one of the more than 30,000 Danish-Americans who served in the US armed forces during the Second World War. He was trained as pilot and served in the Eighth Air Force. He was shot down on 9 September 1944 during a mission to Ludwigshaven. He became a PoW for the rest of the war.
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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>
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Torkild Lunøe (1906–1977)
Torkild Lunøe is one of a small number of Danish pilots who volunteers for the Malayan Volunteer Air Force during the Second World War. He is captured by the Japanese and is sent to the notorious Burma-Siam Railway also known as the "Death Railway."