Date of birth:

July 16th, 1916 (Tebing Tinggi/Sumatra, Dutch East Indies)

Date of death:

December 2nd, 2017 (Houston/Texas, United States)

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Piet Cramerus flew in the Dutch East Indies with the 2e Afdeling, Ie Vliegtuiggroep ML-KNIL and later taught advanced combat techniques at the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School in Jackson Mississippi. He later joined the RAF No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron for the duration of the war and served some time as Flight A Commander. After the war he emigrated to the United States of America.

Career:
?: Ie Vliegtuiggroep (VLG-I), Andir;
?: Glenn Martin 139 WH-3 'M-568', 1e Patrouille, 2e Afdeling, Ie Vliegtuiggroep (2-VLG-I), Singkawang II;
December 27th, 1941: Glenn Martin 139 WH-3 'M-578', 1e Patrouille, 1e Afdeling, Ie Vliegtuiggroep (1-VLG-I), Samarinde ll;
1942: Royal Netherlands Military Flying School, Jackson, Mississippi;
September 2nd, 1943: No. 322 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force.

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• Photo: Family
  
• - BOER, P.C., De Luchtstrijd Rond Borneo, December 1941- Februari 1942, Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1987.
  - MEIJER, H.G., Bronzen Leeuw, Bronzen Kruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1990.
  - MEIJER, H.G. & VIS, R., Het Vliegerkruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1997.