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Holtan, Reidar Scott

Date of birth:
1912
Date of death:
August 19th, 1944
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Graves Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Old
Grave: 144.
Service number:
246803
Nationality:
Norwegian

Biography

Norwegian Captain Holtain was captured on D-Day after missing his dropzone. He was later mortally wounded during an Allied air attack on a train filled with Allied prisoners of war.

26 September 1942: Lieutenant
?: Captain

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
8th Parachute Battalion, 3rd Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, British Army
Awarded for:
Operation Tonga
Parachute Badge with Wings

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