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Bootsma, Johannes

Date of birth:
February 7th, 1919 (Den Haag, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
May 2nd, 1945 (Osnabrück, Stadtkreis Osnabrück)
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Crooswijk
Plot: P. Row: 2. Grave: 106.
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sergean-waarnemer zeemilicien der Marine Luchtvaart
Unit:
No. 320 (Dutch) Squadron, Royal Air Force
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1945
"For some time at the 320th Squadron R.D.N.A.S. of Onzen Marine Luchtvaartdienst in the United Kingdom, in war flights against the enemy, [he] showed courage, skill, perseverance and devotion to duty."

Royal decree no. 12 (posthumously awarded)
Vliegerkruis (VK)

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