Ruys de Perez, Pierre Jean Baptiste

Date of birth:: June 7th, 1909 (Bloemendaal/North Holland, Netherlands)
Date of death:: August 15th, 1942 (Bloemendaal/North Holland, Netherlands)
Buried on:: Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Bloemendaal
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

The first Lt.-vl. P.J.B. Ruys de Perez flew on May 10, 1940 in a Fokker D-XX1, no.222. He was above the Westland attacked and shot through his arm, so he had to make an emergency landing. In the landing the D-XX1 was lost, but Boy survived the crash landing. Later Boy joined the Dutch resistance and in attempt to flee to England, he was arrested. He was executed on 08.15.1942 in the dunes near Bloemendaal. After the war, he was posthumously awarded the Flying Cross and later also the Resistance Memorial Cross.

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Vliegerkruis (VK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Eerste Luitenant-Vlieger (Flying Officer)
Unit:: 1e Jachtvliegtuigenafdeling, Jachtgroep Veldleger, 2e Luchtvaartregiment, Koninklijke Landmacht
Awarded on:: May 6th, 1946
Awarded for:: Operation Fall Gelb

For shown courage and merits on 10 May 1940.

Posthumously awarded (Royal Degree no. 9)