Braggaar, Cornelis Carel
- Date of birth:
- September 23rd, 1913 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Date of death:
- September 6th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen, Austria)
- Buried on:
- Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
- Nationality:
- Dutch
Biography
Lieutenant Commander 3rd Class Royal Navy Special Services
Braggaar was sent as a secret agent as part of the 'Plan for Holland' and was dropped as a paratrooper over the occupied Netherlands during the night of 16 to 17 February 1943. On February 17 he was arrested by the occupiers.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Luitenant ter zee der 3e klasse
- Unit:
- N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1953
- Awarded for:
- Operation Parsley
Royal decree no. 26 (posthumously awarded)
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